De cometis: or, a discourse of the natures and effects of comets, as they are philosophically, historically & astrologically considered. With a brief (yet full) account of the III late comets, or blazing stars, visible to all Europe. And what (in a natural way of judicature) they portend. Together with some observations on the nativity of the Grand Seignior

r\

-

AS r\ ~ ~ ~ rJH ~ q:

V-/ W — ;'k - - •“ U

t '

JL

Ccntu^JOirtls tft Itg j

^ %■

C-or'LzonLs

rL * ^ #% Orrmej 'T&metcz full izr'r’CV .

Jjtu.iwfu • luf

ftfujiffb Comeir or (rCtU^etry SH^vr. JJcwemJ?. atuL rDe,ce*n£&i* t6 64.

* * **JUUm*m* CnuU* W) *H&4*
* * * _

PHS£--' O-mmcjT,

C rCtpi-tn '■ • grfo fecotuC £ Laz^ittg fS-tcvr

, „ v ^ Ny

-terras • £r

v*6 * *

.January

* *- *
^ \S 7T

*

>:-

TOU rf: Jufita-rJufra, terrain, I

* * *v, * J*- **

e* * * *

■*•***

* *.

'7/w- tCa-z-Uty Starr.
yfy-ri[£ 't 6 f g.

— T/kyt ’btazeina Starrs /

Threaten- tHeWorfd-with. TfctMlTlC, *P i CUJUtJ&TVorfS .
vJartt. rtErimes^eatLtoSimdnms,, many Cry set :

. ’ 2* aliTMUS, tnevttahU LoJjtS ! y'

t'-/.- /* 7^ Jjkrcfj- ms n. TCo tjto Tivw me.n,j hayua tSecijtns:

To Sylrrs, $ torms;tr CittyeyCimL TTeayms.

Or,

A Difcourfe of the Natures and EfFedls

OF

COMETS,

C PhilofophicaMyp

As they areNHiftorically & S>Confidered.

t A ft ro I naira 1! v N

r.rwv \

BLAZING STARS,

V *

Vifible to all EUROP £.

And what (in a natural way of Judicature) they portend

Together with fome Obfervations on the Nativity of t be

Grand Seignior.

KAfjwrkf oS'U & xaxoy q> </**. (i. e.)

?{*Uhs Cometes qui malum nullum ferat.

Omm Cometes figmfyant Bella 3 Tenures, & magnos SventUs in mundo, Bsnat.
Ignota obfeur <e viderunt Sidera noffie$t. .

Ardentemqi Polum fiammis , Codoq\ volantes
Obliquaspertnane faces crinmq\ timendi ,

Sideris , & Terris mutantm K gna cometen. Lucan.

London 7 Printed for L, Chapman in Exehange-alley. i665«

historical

^ .

TRULY

TO THE

HONOURED,

AND

Most worthily Accomplishes
(both for Valour and Prudence)

Thatgreat Favourer of Arts,t is well as Arms,
ROBERT PEYTOtf,Efq,

Serjeant Major to the Right Honou¬
rable the Lord CRAVEN-,

AND

PRINCIPAL EXAMINER,
In his Majefties High Court of
CHANCERY:

John Gadbur y5

In Teftimony of the Honour he

bears unto his Vertues,

Humbly prefents and Dedicates the

following Discourse.

. * *•

Jt

: TO THE

Impartial Reader.

Courteous Reader,

He eefuing Difcourfe courts thy candid
' Acceptance, dW friendly Conffru&i-
on. It is dSubjeft hot very liberally
treated of,by Meteorologers and Aitro-
logers 5 and among thofe that have
vttotcthereof, there are great, and (almoft ) irrecon¬
cilable differences * and, if / have, in my profecution
hereof , been too zealous for Truth *, and thereby hap-
venedto have {wallowed any Errors [many, I hope, and
am confident, they cannot be ; ] let the novelty of tbe~
Theam, plead my Apologie ; and the consideration of
humane frailty,^ a San&uary to proteEl me, from hard
cenfure and calumny.

Were the Work to begin again, I could ( metbmks j
perform it much better. For, fome faults / can my felf
efpie j which I wifh were notpaft remedy^ yet nonefo
intolerably great, as to lead any into an Error or out
of the paths of Truth : and therefore (I prefume') within
the Perimeter, ^Indulgence, of the Judicious.

But

*

' 7 > '

But there arc captious Readers, asm Has courteous
Ones : and Books art cenfured or commended* as the
per ufers of them* either Sympathize or Antipathize*
with them.

Ad cap turn leBoriSy habent fuajata libeut .

Each Book ( faith the Noble Herbert) fenltnto the
World* is like a Barque put to Sea* and ^liable ra
cenfures* as the Barque is to foul weather.

One thing / would advert ife thee af* and that ts this*
Where, infeveral places of this Treat ife* / mention
the Effects of Comets $ I would not be too itnctlyun-
deritood* or interpreted : Fory by fab an expreffion*
I intend^ not to make Comets* or Blazing Stars* t e
caufes of fucb effects 5 but the Antecedents or Prodro-
mi* of them only. Audit is to fioof fo vulgar capacities,
that I {all along ) make uf ? of the V V ord. / ever did* and
yet do* look upon Comets to be like Beacons j jww/e u*e
and office* is7 to give warning to mankinde of ap¬
proaching dangers 5 and to be the certain lignes* {but
/^caufes) of Mundane Cataftrophes.

John GadbURY,

From my Houfe in Jewen-
Garden* againfi the Sun
in Jewen-ftrect * netr
Alderfgate-ftreet,

The

The Order of the BOO K,

PART I.

Chap . /. Comets in general.

Chap. II. (lot the names and kindes of Co-

mets.

Chap . III. Of the Matter, Magnitude, and time of
the generation of Comets.

Chap . IV. Of the fituation and motion of Comets 0

Chap. V. Of the duration and continuance of Co¬
mets.

Chap. VI , VII. Of the final Caufe, or Significations
of Comets.

PART II.

Chap. VIII. Of thePofitions, Motions and Effe&s
of the two late Comets , divided into thefe
Sections following. ^

Sett. i. A brief Narrative of the two late Comets.

Sett. 2. An Hiftorical Account of Comets for 600
years paft $ with fome Obfervations of what
hath Succeeded them.

Sett. 3. The probable Effects thefe Comets, in a ge¬
neral way, are the Nuntiiy or Meffengers of.

Sett. 4. The probable intentions of them, towards

divers

divers Kingdoms and Countreys ; as alfo, to¬
wards feveral eminent Per fons or Potentates ;
as Emperors^ Kings and Princes, O'c.

Chap. IX. Of the third Comet ; wherein fo me Ob¬
jections are aniwered ; and therein proved)
that there were three Comets3by feverai Argu¬
ments; and not One*only3as by Come fuggefted.

The Nativity of th e Grand Seignior $ and the figni-
fication of this laft Comet 3 as it relates to
him 3 it appearing in the Afcendent of his Geni -

(I)

T>e Qometis :

OR,

A Difcourfe touching the Nature & Effe&s

COMETS, &c.

Proceme. ,

» . r ' . * . V r > *

T is obferved by C afar in his Com -
mentanes, that the old Gauls were fo
tickled and pleafed with Rumours and
Reports (true or falfe) that they made
it their main buiinefs to enquire of
everyone they met > ( though but a
Carrier , or common paffenger) what
News they heard, or what fre(b Sights
. . they had feen. The Cime a fitted hu¬

mour is by S. <p*ul reprehended in the Athenians, a fort or
bedt of men who made it their principal work to babble and
tell Stories ; as having no leafure for ought elfe,but to hear
and report J^ews.

Of the fame fuperfhttoHs humour > and itching ear Si are the
people of ms Age or generation wherein we live : which I
well knowing , and having been many years an obferver of
the lame* (in this Nation efpecially) was unwilling (I con-

B N. fete*

fefs3 at fir ft) to give credit unto th t general re fort and notfe
of the late Cornett apparition : and that upon ferious and
good Grounds and Reafons.

1. The reporters of this Cotleftial rodlgie unto me > ac
the firft,were fuch as 1 efteemedD//t,^^wrjjand might there¬
fore reafonably be fuppofed toraife, Spread and promo re/0-
rles of a [range tendcncie3oa let purpofe to amaz,e and amufe
our lat z-dlftr atled) and yet not well quieted Kingdom.

2. My felf, upon the reports that fo liberally ran of this
Comet 3 was defirous (before I became too credulous) to have
a fight thereof ; which fix or [even nights I endeavoured,
bvi (nefcio quo fat 0 ) ftill miffed of my expectations ; and
then began to conceive the report thereof to be an Jmpo-
fture3 and my felf } as others j by the relation abufed.

3. The consideration of Several rumour j, reports and [lo¬
ries of the fame nature , Tome out of Holland , Germany ,
France, Italy , &c. with inferences drawn from them, either
of politic^ or villanoHs confequence ; and (without truth) ob¬
truded upon the world jboth informer and later gears : where¬
as (to my knowledge) there hath not, hnce JJecemb. 16 $2*
(excepting that about Rackelsburg in ^/InCbria on Jan, 12.
1664- which was rather an Ignis fatuus then a Comet) any
fuch apparitions been feen in the heavens .

Thefe Several Arguments 3 together with a confederation
had unto the conftant and daily deceptions promoted in the-
habitable part of this earthly Globe , Swayed and perfwaded
with me, not too readily or greedily to believe thz'manysnd
various rumours and reports that ran of this celeftial Phe¬
nomena. But behold \ whilfi I was thus reafening with my
felf, and inclining to a non-belief of the matter, although fo
eminently bruted about for a 'certain truth 5 Several of my
jifirological acquaintance and friends , from Several parts of
this Nation, and from Scotland .and Ireland , intimate the.
fame unto me by Letters ; and this from the vlfible and ocu¬
lar experience themfelves had of the fame : and divers per -
fonts (which I knew could have no by-ends in fuch reports)
confirmed the fame unto me, from fom zObferyations them¬
felves took of this Comets here in London) and in ether places :
steer unto it» ^Pori

(j-,

Hpon ill which Reports, Attefiations and Confirmations Of
the fame, I was refolved (before I.would yet give full credit
thereunto, knowing that Fame is a Ljcr) to make further
tryah and thereby endeavour a fight and obfervation (if pof-
fible) of this Comet my felf And to this purpofe , I aLfo
endeavour d feveral other nights , for a difcovery of this nest
Star but always hitherto miffing thereof, 1 was ftill apt to
concetve the whale relation gromdlefs. But being unwilling
to brand fo many of my friends that had afcenaincd me of
the verity of the matter by Letters, and viva voce, for hers •

rwi»P"° beUeve> they might be cozened with fome pfeu/o
ot fa/je Phenomena ; and that at fome times they might pof-
fibly have feen the tMoon glimmering thorow clouds of diffe¬
rent, colours, ( which my felf feveral nights took notice of)
and not feeing her body perfeftly , by reafon of fuch clouds,
th.y might prefume the lame to be fome new tApparitionoe

toward (he Tr ’ V/?0Urs mi§ht bY Mr afeent

toward the fry region, be occafionally/w on fire. See. whi-h

might ealily deceive the eyes of a moderately. skilful perfon,

W'"' ”£*» that 1 watched ,1
faw fuch Meteors, and once or twice Light nine, Sec.

- j- ^ w 1 e thus perfwadmg and reafomH? with mv

bya veryg°°d/Wof mine,
that a learned perfon in this Cine, a Dr. of Divinity, but moll

wZaZuMafZat‘rM ’ had on Dtcmb' l6' “ ^e mor-
•’ °hferved this Comet many hours together , by In first-

hw/o V v and lomhr*sfi Plrts of the heavens. And
i- was alfo affured me, that fome time before that, an honor¬
ed and learned perfon, one of the Royal Society of Grelham-
Colledge London , obferved the fame with Infiruments fit for

^U"d thC/Z m°f'm °f thiS ^ Stilr

letfSSr 0f W* W ArZ°s ’ one of

! l ^0nye^aci°ns in ; extending ic felf

almod thorow three whole Signes of the Zodiacal Circle, '

Thefe Relations from the months s and obfervations of

knowUd ' '“V*"* then °jdw:Tl? skilf»1' at»d curioufly (to my
me w ndf , *c‘lufMted With fuch matters ; prevailed with
me to ufe a farther endeavour for a difcovery of this Comet ;

B 2 which

which I did feveral nights after : and behold, on Friday De-
ctmb. 23. from the hours of eight unto ten in the evening, I
had full fight of one Comet, but ic feems not this fomuch talkt
of, but another. It was in colour very pale an Aclcudy, in fi¬
gure round, and in magnitude (as nigh as I could jud°e)about
three inches diameter. This night it was without any tail,
dream, bufh or beard , as the former Comet was reported to
have been feen withal. It was now in Longitude neer to
chat Star called Idebaran , or the Bulls eye, in 5 d. of the
cce/efiial Twins : but by reafon of its South- Latitude, it Teem¬
ed to the eye , to make a kinde of equilateral Triangle with
the laid Star, and the Pleiades or Seven fiars.

On Decemb. 24. being Chriflmafs-eve , I had the happi-
nefs to fee it again, about 6 a clock that evening 5 and then
iewas neer the later end of the cochftial figne Taurus in Lon¬
gitude. Now it appeared of a bright, yet pale colour , almoft
like that Star called <j > or the morning-ftar , for colour,
but twice as big ; darting forth fome pleafaktbeams equally
round, much like unto thac which appeared in T)ecemb.i6$ 2.
the certain prefager and precurfor of thole grand Polontan ,
Swedifh, Danijh, 'Tartarian and Mofcovitijh Wars ; as then
was, and yec is the Opinion and Judgement of all the Lear¬
ned in Jftrologie. A Catalogue of my further Obfervations
on this cceleftial Frsdigie , 1 fliall refer to an after-place in
this Treatife : and, that 1 may not perplex my ‘Header with a
Labyrinthical difeourfe , I fliall, for his and my ownfatisfa-
Elion, propound the following Method , which! purpoie (God
permitting) to purfue,in relation to thefe new Stars , their
natures, pejitionSyatldJignificattens.

» ' , » ,, ^ ^ _ / Jy

3, Comets or newftars in general.

2, (f Their feveral names and kinder.

3* (/ \Jheir wagmttidey matter, and time of generation.

4, %o{ &Th?A:fituatio» tnd motion.

5, \( J) Their duration and continuance.

<5.7, y (T Their fignification,6t final caufe.

0. — t>Xhe f eJitionSiWotions & ejfetts of thefe late Comets v

i * * "4 * i. 1 \ x *y • 4 .... , , ... . r . 'V * 3 ■ ** \

CHAP.

(5)

CHAP. I.

Of Comets or New Stars in general,

MAny and divers are the Opinion* of Philofephers and
. Nat ur a lifts concerning Comets and New fiats. Some
affirming that they are generated de nevoy in heavens of a coe-
leftial mattery not by die generation of any new fobfiance, but
by condenfiation 9 with a mixture of darknefs and diaphaniety*
which mod aptly refceives the light of the Suny and tranfmits
or darts it forth upon this terreftrial Globe again , oftentimes
to the amazement of the beholders. Others think Comets*
&C, to be nothing real or didindf from other pre-exiftent
bodiesy but rather a meer emphafis or appearance>made by the
reflection or refrattion of the beams or rays of the Sun or
Moon 5 in fuch.kinde of manner as is the Haloy q pareliiy <pa-
rafeleney or %ambow, And fome there are again, that hold
that Comets are Wandering fi ars or Planets ; feldom feen, by
realon either of their neernefs to the Sun, or their too far de¬
fiance from the Earth y or the more denfe part of the air
where they are ; which after fome didance of time coming
to a greater ^fiance from the Sum or neerer the Earth 9 be¬
comes conjpictions to vulgar fight,

Paracelfus and his followers confidently affirm , that a Co¬
met is crefcens Jtngulare mot generated of any fperm or femen
or produced from any Matrix 9 but formed and compofed by
Angels or Spirits $ which ufually betokens future eventsy ei-
ther good or bad : for the Angels (faith he) or Jpirits y well
knowing , that fuch things fliall mod certainly come topafs ;
they form or create a Comet* and give it fuch a figure or fhape
as they pleafe ; and having kindled it y they attraU ic along
thorow the air either higher or lower , that Mortals may the
more zealoufiy behold it^and be the more remarkably poffejfed
with its lignifications. * "j -

Some there are5that have thought a Comet or Blazing fthr
to be a [ub lunary Meteor 3 arifing" from the mod fubul and

this*

thin breathings or v ap ours* that alcend out of the earth \ and
are not fo much enjlamed) as illuHrated of the Sun • even as
It were> like unto (jlafs-pots full of water j diftained with a
yellow or rutdant colour. And others there be s that think
Comets are generated of an elementary Meteor , that is» of
the more fubtile exhalations 5 which by vertuc of their, own
levity and rarity j are mounted fo high) that they afcend above
the Moon; and then by their own Chryftal-lihj elearnefs do,as
it were5/<?^and drinl^up the rays of the Planets , but more
efpecially the Sun, and afterwards tranfmit themfelves into a
tayl) bufh or beards and the like*

BodiftHSyznd divers others with him, opinionated, that CV
wets or Blazing ftars were no other? then the fouls or f pints
of tllujlrious men departed > and now triumphing in heaven.
And others (as fondly) have fuppofed Comets to be Fires
conveyed in the Heavens to and fro, by Spirits or Intelli¬
gences • ' k ,

Let this fuflice for Comets or New fiars in general : and
before I end, 1 hope the Reader fhall have no caufe to
judge me Sceptical, although herein I have not delivered
much of mine own opinion •

' CHAP. II.

Of the Names and Kindes of Comets or Blazing Stars.

A Cometj of the Greeks called K in Latine ( ometa ,
or Com exes ( called fo from Coma3 the hair of a mans
head) although taken in a ftritt fenfcy lignifiesbut one fpecies
of the Phenomenons viz. Stellam Crinitam, ot ('apillatam > a
Star with long hair , made fo by the fplendour of his rays ; or,
(after freer o) concinnatumfydus , a Star with crifped hair:
Yet in a more extended fenfe , it is a generical or common
name to all the reft of them? mentioned in ‘plinyj lib. 2. cap.
2 $ . of bis Natural Hi ft or y \ where, c efpe&ing the common
and known accidenrs of colours and Jhapes , he reckons up

rhefe twelve following fp cries*

. - 1. The

1. The firfl is called Stella (frwta> viz. an hairy Comet
horuble to behold, equally enjiamed round, with bloudy fhao-
ged hairs like a bnjh, or the hair of the bead. When it ap¬
pears left terrible , it is by feme termed Rofa, a Rofe.

2. Sarbata, cilkdbyzbs Greeks^., Gt, dbarba, i bear-
dedSm or Comet. It is fometimes thought to be a \ayled
Star, The difference (as Fromundm thinks) prows from a
refpeft had to the Sun : for, if by the motion of the primm *
Mobile \t anfem the morning before the Sun, it is then term-
ed barbatay becaufe it appears bearded , extendinp i: s rays
Weft ward ; as did the Comet anno x 6 1 8. But if ic arife in
the evening after Sun-fee, ic is then called CW^becaufe ic
is t ay led ; and calls out a long train behinde it Eatiward , as

! dicf the Comet in the year i ^77,

3 * The third is called aWr/<x, i. e* faculum ? a Dart or
Javelin, becaufe ic brandlfeth its rays or beams in the form
otfhape thereof ; as did char, which appeared in the 'year
1 ? 3 in the Month of July. J

4. They call CfladiusOf Pngw> aT£nife5SwordorDagger3
ue head of which ufually appears like to the hilt of a fwordi
bet the rays or beams (fuddenly contra&ing a point) refen>
ble a Dagger or Knife ? rather then a Sword> which is larger:
like unto that which appeared in the year 1 5 3 2. Some*/#*
for tans call ic AXetam^ or Pyramidem *

5* Is called DifceussOT rather Difci formiS) becaufe ic re-
fembleth in Jhape or form , a qyl (h or Platter ; i. e. when it
is of figure broad and romdy glittering and fhining,aImoA of

an somber- colour , dilating (lender rays roundabout its bo¬
dy equally. r

6* The ftxch is called Pithetes 3 or Dollar is 3 for that it ve¬
ry much refemblech the (Tape of a Km, hiding as it were its
pnoakje and obfeare beams in the very middle thereof, as in a
hollow concave .

7* The fevench haththe^pe/y^atf of Ceratias>Qi

norm ; the bending or crooked flame whereof , is doubled or
bowed like unto a Horn , the head of a Crofters flaff ^Shepherds-
I Groovy or a Perjians J word l Such was the lafl of the thre*

I (faith one) chat appeared aim 1618. - Vliny faith , fuch a

' on£

(8)

one appeared a little before the whole hoFt of (freest fought

the battel of Salamis. ■ . ,

S The eighth is called Lampat, * fplendeo,
fmnifying tojbine ; it bearing the fimilitude of a burning
Lamp or T neb, iffuing out flames m the heavens.

a. Is called ‘hnv't Hip petit , Eqmnum By dtu, or Stt//* £-
.• it is a Comet or Star that emitteth It reams like a
Horfls Mane. It is very fwift in motion, and tas Elm) faith)

very often turneth round. . . A

io. The tenth is termed i.,e. Hircus, in inape

like unto an H<?-£^f3becaufe it is invironed with fome kind
of hairs, and a mane , feeimngly rough and ban), by the flen-

der fibre of its beams or rajs. .

xi. This is called ^Lrgyrecomw, or Urgent, comm, .vib
a Star or Comet Silver- hair'd , being very white and thm in
its fleining. 'There appeared (faith Pliny ) a white Comet, fo
fhining with its filver hairs,\t could fcarce be dilcerned ; and
therein declaring the image of God in Mankinde. Which
words Fromundm, lUwj.cap.4. conceives, are relating to
• the Star of the Magi, perhaps (faith he) for the fame that
Comet had which was feen in the Eaft, and in Judea, in the
time of Juguflm 5 wherein the exprefs image of a little be),
declared that God was made Man. Sibylla Tyburtma, from
the fight oh this Comet, forewarned Auguftus CefaroF Chrijts
coming, as .Mantuan, aptly alluding to the faid Sibyl, hath

ingenioufly and learnedly urged. .

The la(t is called w in Greek, in Laane Haft a ;
and is a Comet in form of a Spear, or Fork. : fome of late.P
have termed it Veru, a Spit or Broach j others, Terticam, a
Pole or Perch : becaufe fuels (hapes it moll of all refembleth

in the heavens. . ^

Thefe are the feveral appellations given to Comets by

<rpli»y and others : all which Jpecies of Comets or Blazing

Stars , Ariftotle (that Prince of yhilofophers) hb.i. c M***ou

cap. 8. reduces unto two onely, viz. Crrntas zndBarbatas *

under tfi efirft of which he comprehends all tbof bfpeaes that

dilate theic rays like hairs, round about on every part. And

under the later , viz. Barbatas > he comprehends all tno et
- ' that

that (ketch forth , or caft out a tayl or wane) either right or
crooked* towards one part onely.

Some divide them a mow & fubfiantii} from their motion
and fubfiance, into two forts, 4lii ardorem undi^fundunt,
nee locum matanr,alii in unam partem ignem vagum in modum
comae porrigmt)& Stellas permeant : Some Comets extender
iirecch out their Ardour or Light on every fide, and never
change thek place ; and others there are , that fpread forth a
fc at tering fire towards one part only, like the hair of. a mans
head, and fo paffeth through the Stars,

Others again divide them* d materia vel loco , in refpedf of
of their matter or place ; I'ttalmuch as fome Comets or Bla¬
zing Stars are Elementary > and others (foeleftial* as they fup-
pofe and imagine.

Aftrologers divide them into [even Species , ab efficient} can-
fa , from the efficient caufe ; according to the Number and-
N attire of the Seven Vianet s, Viz.

1. Thofe Comets which appear of a Splendent , Tellorp, or
Gold-colour , glorious to behold , they reasonably , and very
juftly, attribute unto the Sum

2. Such as are of a Leaden3 Envious yT>ale> Ajhy Colonr ,are
termed Saturnine, And fuch was this Comet or Blazing
Star , that lately appeared to us.

3. Thofe chat are feen very Bright and Clear , more

whitifh then thofe of the*£«»> are called Comets of Jupiter, or
Jovial new Stars 5 and fuch (to the beft of my remembrance)
at fome times, was that (fomet that appeared Anno 1652* in.
December, xm

4. When any new Star or Comet appears in the Heavens* <
of colour Red , Rutilant) or Fiery , it is then attributed unto
the Blanet CMarsi

5. Thofe Comets that are of an Illuftrious > Pleafant,,
bright* Silver’Colonr-ydzvL and tranfparent to behold, belong ,
to the Planet Venus,

6. When Comets or new Stars appear in the Heavens of
divers different (folours ; As * Azure fTellow, Red, Green, See*
fomewhac refembling a Rainbow , you may then be confident, 4
they are Comets of {J\tcrcury.

C Laftly-p

V10)

7* Laflly, If any appear of a ^ale, Britifb White , the
will own the Colour*

And this (hall fe rve for the feveral N* met and Kindts of
Carnets .

V. ' . ■ . ' i ' - 4’ *" » < •' ‘ ■ ■>*■ , r • '*1

-V. ^

I.,.. I. ■—» . . . ■Ill—-, ■ ■»■ . ,, .<i||t

' ■**' / »

, CHAP. III.

0/ Mattera Magnitude , time of generation 0/ Co¬
mets or New Stars.

■ */ , .1 . ♦ /' e.

I N Ghap.i. I have lightly , (under the Notion of Comets in

general ) touched upon the efficient, and partly the material
caufes of Comets, &c. But here, I intend to be a little more
-plain in the difcovery of the matter of Comets .

Pythagoras,* ndhis followers, affirm a Comet to exift of
the fame matter as do the Fixed Stars ; and that it is poffible
they may be of the number of thofe Stars, which very feldom
appear ; yet at fome certain prefixed feafons , and after fome
periodical revolutions of time , they do arife and Ihew them-*
felves.

Epigenes, and others after him, fuppofe a Blazing ftar to
be an elevation of fpirit or winde , mixed with an earthly
fuhfiance, and in time convenient is fet on fire, by an antipe -
riflafis, in the heavens 3 and fo it becomes terrible to the
beholders.

Strato, and fome of his followers , conclude a Comet to
be nothing elfe, but the light of a Star enwrapped in a thick
cloud ; and by little and little, breaks thorow the fame., and
makes the cloud a Glafs as it were , the better to refleft its
rays downward. Boetheus conceives them to be apparitions
of the Air, let loofe and fpread at large.

But i/iriftotle ( who is Frinceps Philofophorum ) tells us,
with much more probability of Truth and Keafon , That the
matter or material caufe of Comets 9 or Blazing Stars , is an
exhalation hot and dry , fat , and clammy. Viz. with a little of

mftnoHi

nni. ;

* - . t CIO

mUaom moiflure in it * attraUed and drawn from the Earth ,

(Viz. the moift and hot farts thereof ) into the higheft Region^
or fart of the t/4ir, and fometimes into the Starry Region 5 -

where it is clof dy conglutinated into a great lamp , by reafon of
the conftant and continued [up fly it hath from below , fo long
as there is a working power to exhale or attr aft it ; And it
being thus compacted and exhaled 3 is in convenient and pro¬
per timefet on fire by the exceffiveheat of the place where it refl -
eth, ]Vow it fometimes c ontwues long in burning and biatjinf,
and fometimes again but a little while, y according to the pau¬
city or plenty of the matter whereof it confifis . And unto
this lafi opinion , asthemoft rational , an d Fhilofopbical , I
do principally adhere ; ^adjudging all the others to be but
i pretty devices* and fancies of wit and invention) noway to
I to be favoured or allowed for truth , in the judgement of a
fober fE[aturalifl+ ~ >

Of the ^Magnitude 01 greatnefs of £ omets 3 it is not to Of their
I be expe&ed that much fhould be faid by w^,becaufe very/!?# Magnitude*
of the Ancients have wrote thereof* and thofe few that
have, have wrote, but fparingly. This truth we may give
credit unto, that different Comets , have different Magnitudes :

; and every Comet that appears unto us * is at different times
of a different magnitude or Bignefs.

Some Comets have appeared greatefi at fir ft fhewing
themfelveSj. and by little and little decreafed and grown fen-
fibly to a magnitude more parvous, until they have totally
vanifhed , or been extinguifhed . Others have appeared little at
firfl 3 and afcervyards have encreafed -to a very Immenfe magni¬
tude, (as that of the year 1460.) and at the laft , grown little
as at the firfl- again.. . ?■ I ; ! ;

Haly tells us of a Comet , that appeared in the year 1200
ia Magnitude as great as the <jM.oon , when fhe is half full of
light * Viz,, when in her firfl or laft Quarter 3 or quadrat
afped. of the Sun And adds hereunto* that it had . a head
three times bigger then Venus* > A. *' wn 0 5 : ’

Fracaftvrius reports, he found that Comt'which appeared
Anno 15j2.ro be three times greater th ztil'Jfrpiteri, The
Comet that appeared Anno Tycho Brahe is faid to have

C % obfer-

'

obferved it* [even minutes, and more then twice fo big as |
when in her 'ferigaon, or neereft difiance to the Earth.
The fame famous Terfon , at the firft appearance of the
Comet 1 58 5. obferved it to be almotf equal in magnitude
to Jupiter . But the greatefl of all that we read of in any
JJiftorj oz Author , was that which appeared Anno 14 6 ante
Chrilium; which isfaid to have bin bigger then the Sun: )
Whereof the famous Seneca fpeaks * in tbefe words : P attlo
ante Achaicum bellum,Cometes effulfit non minor Sole : Lib. 7.
Nat. q. C. 1 5. A fhort time before the Grecian fpar^ there
did appear a Comet, not lefsin magnitude then the Sun.

Lo'gomontanus,ir\d others>obfervedthe Comet Anno 1618
to be in magnitude fomewhat bigger then the Star called the
Virgins Spike, (a Scar of the firft magnitude) yet lefs then the
planet Jupiter . And the Diameter of his head, they found to
be one hundred and feventy five German miles ; and in pro¬
portion to the Diameter of the Earth , as 577 is to 3600.
The length of the Tail was obferved to be continually vari¬
able , and very uncertain ; except on December the 29. on
which day it was obferved to be 445 Semidiameters of the -
Earth , which anfwers to three hundred eighty two thoufand
and fe ven hundred German miles. And Tycho obferved the
true Diameter of the head of that Comet ^ Anno 1 $77* ( be¬
fore mentioned) to be three hundred fixty and eight German
miles 1 and in proportion to the Diameter of the Earth * as
5 to 14. And the length of the Tail to be at the leaft 95
Semidiameters of the Earth * and eighty one thoufand and
feven hundred Cjerman miles. Which Relations I doubt nor*
but will feem incredible to vulgar apprehenjions ; although
they have the advantage of c .Mathematical ‘Demonft ration,
Nay, Seneca Lib. 7. Cap. 1 5. relates * that in the %aigneoi
Attains ( Viz,. 125 years Ante Chrifium) there appeared a
/ 'mall Comet at the firtf ; afterward * it mounted and dilated
it felf on high* and came even to the Equinottial circle ; and
was there fo immenfly extended 9 as that it equalized that Por¬
tion or part of Heaven, called the Milkie way... The Tail of
the Comet 1577 > obferved by the Tref-NobU Tycho , was
twenty two degrees in length. But the 2*// of the Comet

that

-that appeared Anno 1 61 8. was more remarkable for diffe¬
rence of magnitude^ then all others that are by Iftronomers
remembred. For fometimes it was found twenty one degrees
In length, other times&fiiy or fixty degrees 3 other times feven-
ty others ninety5and <w<?one hundred and four degrees. This
is moll certain , chat as the Heads of Comets are never found
to be of one certain bignefs or magnitudes fo neither are
their Streams oiTayls of one and the fame Longitude 5 but
both are found apparently to differ 5 as the Star becomes at
firft more and more enkindledi and at lad the matter thereof
begins to be Exhaufted , and growes lefs. As m fee it moft
apparently in the flame of a Torch or Candle .

Although the Comets that appeared in the years 1618. Time of
and 1 6% z* and now in 1664. with us, have bin in the Winter-
feafon ; yet are divers Astronomers and Fhilofophers of op ini - Apparition.
0v,that they are generated in Autumn or Summer f\xt moftly of comets.
in Autumne: and the reafons they give, are moderately con¬
vincing : For (fay they) In the Springs there is too much moi-
flurei and too little heat > to gather a Comet; and therefore
that time is very unapt for their generation. In the Summer ,
there is too much heat 9 which is apt to difperfe and confume
the matter of which a Comet is formed, fo that it cannot well
be joyned together ;and therefore they are f e/dome then gene¬
rated. Atid the Winter- Seafon3 that being Cold and Moifttis
diredtly contrary to the Nature of a Comet > which is Hot ,
and Dry; and therefore unfit for their generation. The
Autumnal feafon therefore is the proper feafon for the pur-
pofe. And it is to be conjidered3 that there ought to be a
convenient diftance of time betwixt the generation of a
Comet 3 and its viability or ^ Appearance • like as in all other
Productions whatsoever. Ergo3 (fomets that appear in Winter
are moft naturally and genuinely prefumed to be venerated in
Autumne. *

But now; as there is no generaly but admittethof excepti¬
on > fo here in this we muli concede to the fame allowance
and liberty. For as the learned J until tm y Franc if cue Reft a,
an dot hers well obferve> other times have had their Comets to
appear and be viftble in > befides Winter 5 and fo confequently

have

fo&vt had their times for generation of them likewile : but
this is Karum quld9 ] a thing that feldome happens; and
therefore cannot infringe the general ajfertion , that they are
rnoftly feen pi Winters, and more frequently generated in Au-
tumne In the! 'cNorthcrne climates we know that 0 entring
z/frles, Viz** in the month of <ji{arch , confhntly (hewes
rhe birth of Vegetables ; and December their conception*,
when © enters Capricorn,. Yet fometimes know* that
Aatumne hath ha dies Spring, Viz,, when 0 enters Libr
happened Anno 1 6ofc. and lately in 16625 when (in the later
of the two) to my knowledge 5 Strawberries and Rofes , and di¬
vers other lovely emblems and teftimonles of the Spring 3 were'
very frequently fold in the Mer cates of London $ and pofTibly
it would be worth an enquiry , whether every 60 years * we
have not the like Vernacnlous Autumne*

But now* as thefe particular fecond fprings , could not, nor-
did not* ^Anticipate the proper, ufual,and cuflomary Spring $
fo neither can the apparition of Comets * at other different
feafons , deffroy the general opinion of their commonly, and
nioff ufually appearing in the winter ; and their being gene¬
rated in Autumne. Let this therefore fuflice for the time oi
the generation and Apparition of Comets, and alfo for this
whole Chapter.^

CHAP. I V.

1 < ' ; . . 1 v " ■

Of the Situation and Motion of Cornet^.

SOme have conceived that ally or moft Cometsh&vcfaft sp* '
peared under Charles his Wain, or that conftellatton called
Ur fa major, or the great Bear. And fome again* in the Cfala-
xia,w Milkle-way ibxsiboth thefe, we know to be wide of truths
Lor that experience cell ifies^ Comets have been feen in other
parts of the is well as in theft. Pliny ( an eminent

Author , but. not im* 11 things he fetsdown to be believed )
tells us3 that they are feldome feen in the Wefi part of Heaven ,

bm mofth about theSomhior the Pole Antartique, 7 his alfo is

. . . " "" - • not;

not ever) Comets apparition, true 5 for Anno 1 *>69, Cometk
9 die Novembris pofi occaj um Solis , prope Jovem in izgratL
Capricomi apparuit . In the year 1 ^9,on the the ninth day
of November > after the Sun was fee-, there appeared a Comet
in twelve degrees of Capricome , neer to the body of Jupiter •
which mu ft be in the IV ft, And anno 1433 Ingens Cometa ,
per tres menfies face ad occidentem verfa apparuit * In the year
J43h There appeared a wonderful Comet by the fpaceot
three months, verging or turning toward the Weft.

No doubt there is to be made » but Comets have appeared
In fever aI places of Heaven, and are not confined to fhew
themfelves in any one particular place , The Comet that ap- ^
peared Anno 1607, firft fhewedit felf between the North
and IVeft points , having alrnoli degrees of Northern De¬
clination i and by its motion , according to the fuccejjion of
Jignes9 it at length got beyond the Equator , and attained to
above 12 degrees of S ottthern declination 5 before it vanilhed*

Some Comets alfo have appeared inthz North , and fo have
been moved Eaftward 5 as that in the time oiClaudiusi Anno
Ckrifti$^, Others have been moved toward the South ■, as
thofe that appeared in the years 1 3 1 3 . and 1 * 3 1 . And 0-
thers9 dire&ly in the North, not moving much therefrom ;
as that Anno 44 ante Chriftum , about the time of the Death
of that great Captain, J ulim Cafar. All thofe Comets of
the ye3rsi47f,if32,i533,i53p3i^(5,i6ig - were moved
from the Eaft, tVeftward^ yet obliquelyj and inclining toward
the North. Ariftotlelm, and deferibed the Comet that ap-
peared Amo 373 ante Chriftum , to begin in the Weft £qui -
nottial point, and end with t hz girdle of Orion, In BtiQjComets
are obferved to differ in their fituation , and are not confi¬
ned to any one part of Heaven to appear in jbut wherefoever
they happen to be , when they are ready firft to be fet on fire ,
there they are faid to have their firft fituation ; ( however va«
rioufly moved afterward> from fome alternate caufes)be that
place9 either EaftftYcft, North, or South,

Some have fuppofed that fome Comets are Fixed , and ftir ^
no more from the places they firft appear in, then do cheMoc*0^ 0£
?f *r* Of Eighth Sphere \ and chat others again are move - comets,

able

( r6 )

Wte as are the P/*wm. The firtt opinion cannot but bt ficti¬
tious and untrue ; for moft impoflible it is that any thing on.,
this fide the Eighth Sphear,c an admit of a real fixation's in¬
deed chat it felt' doth not ) or a fixation in comparifon of that.
Tor fhould any one part of Heaven ft and really ft iU^nd remain
(as it were) Idle rthe whole frame of Nature would fiuddainly he.
out of order , and dcftruttion immediately purfue each being ;
5vir. J . as a learned Author j upon another occahon* excellently well
Gregory* obferved. We rautf therefore alicvv, that all Comets or New
Stars have a- mot ton. And this motion muflbe either direbl^
or retrograde ; ( f. e. ) either according to the fuccejjion of
* fignes, or contrary thereunto, as Afirologers well obferve.

Some Comets have been obferved to move according to
: the fuccejjion of Signes , as thofethac appeared in the years

1590 and 1 607 Some again, have been moved contrary to
thz fuccejjion of Signes > as thofe that appeared in the years
j 5 56, 1618, 1652, and this latt with us, 1 66^ and divers,
others that 1 could mention. Some Comets , that have ac*
firft been Retrograde , have at length become dirett ; As did
that Annoi 5 56. And fome again, that iifirfi appeared di-
reft > have turned Retrograde , or feemingly become Station
nary \ as did thofe which happened in the years 1.5 69 and.'
1582*

That allCV;mhavea proper qyiurnalot daily motion, a-
®reeing to that of the Pnmum mobile , is moil apparently
true -, for that fuch as arefeen to appear in the Morning,.
have been obferved to return fuddainly in the Dawning of
^ rhe day •, but not to be feen at or after Sun fet in the fame
place ; as they maft neceffarily have been, had they remained
m the fame place : Likewife , many (if not all ) Comets or.
New Stars , that are feen in the Evening , appear fo after Sun
fetting) above the weft-part of the Horizon 5 fo that they have,
fet in xhzWcfl before, or about Midnight ; or at lead, before*
the rijing of the Sun the next morning. Some Comets have
io great a motion, that they are vifible all night long ; and'
indeed /k not at all; by reafon of their being included with-,
in the Circle of your Topical Stars , that do never fet ; as Car
m ? and the like. Such were thofe of the years

*• > '■ ' - imi

1513, ifi)» if *6, and 1618. Let this therefore fuffice

for the function and motion of Comets.

CHAP. V.

■ • •- \i-- ? 1 * - . v , ^ ^

Of the Duration ^Continuance of Comets or New* Stars*

* * ■ 1.

DOttor Fulfe in his fecond book of c Meteors ^ page 3 1 ,
brings it in as an Argument of the greatnefs of Co¬
mets* that there was never any one yet perceived , but at the leaft
it endured fieven days • Aiuch longer they have been feen ;
namely forty dayes, and fome fix months together, wherefore
(faith he) it muft needs be a wonderful deal of matter that can
gi ve Co much nourishment for fo great and fervent a fire , and
for fo long d time.

Some againaffertjtbatCWm have appeared not Iefs then
a weel^, not longer time then feventy daies : But thfe opinions
we know to be wide ot truth. For that Comet mentioned by
the learned Plutarch , which appeared before the Veloponne-
[ian Wars , hmg in the Heavens over Greece 75 daies together «,
Them in Tycho's time, the new Star that appeared in Cafifto -
facia's chair 5 was of a much longer duration and continuance .
This is moft certaimthat according to the paucity or plenty of
the matter (as I formerly urged) whereof they confift, fo
they bum or blaz,e> a longer or lefTer time.

The Comet that appeared anno (fhrifti 64, in the time of
Claudius Nero, appeared at leaf! fix months together. So did
that likewife , which was feen Anno Chrifti 1240. alio that
j anno Chnfti 603 j which appeared a little before the birth of
the rpfeudo -Saviour of the Turfs, CMahemet. But the longeft
that ever we read of , was that which Jofephus majketh men¬
tion of, in his feventh book of the Wars of the Jews, and cap.
j 1 7* thereof, which (faith he) was vifible an whole year together
before the deftruUion of Jerufalem ; and all that time hover'd
over that great city in moft terrible manner. Comets alfo have
been feen to continue lefts time then a 7^ Viz* the leaf!:
v *mes by Meteor ologfi ft s affigned. As that obferved bv Veter
: V' . . ‘ D - - Crt*

Creufifer an Aftronomer> Anno Chrifi i i 5 27* whereof Keeker^
man^ Lib. d.Syllem. Phif. maketh mention. It wa* for the'
time me ft terrible to behold j jet lafled not above an hoar and
fifteen mi nates. And this is iht fhort eft time vve read that ever

any Comet continued. ; ' ,

Mo(i certain } every Ignis fatuus ? or Draco volans > &c#
that appears in a Summer- evening > neer monfh or marifh*
placest had ic but ftrengih enough to afeend to the higher regi- ^ >
qn of the Ady and fubiiance enough to continue there- but a
time convenient to await its being fee on fire , would become
a Comet or New Star : for we fee and knew t hey differ nothing;
from each other in matter and quality ? but onelv in quantity ■
and place ; and fo come to be lefs terrifying ( thougn lome-
times they are. found terrifying enough ) to the beholders.-
of them.

G H A P. VI.

. < 4 ^ j . * * * 1 4 •

Of the Final caufej or the Significations of Comets or

- New Stars.

THe learned in c JMutorologu and $/) 'ftrclogie have air-
waies looked upon Comets or Blaming Stars to be the
notable Nqntii or Meffergers of unufual calamities ? as the*. «
death or depofition of Princes, &c. ‘Deslraftton and
of Kingdomesy Empires 3 States > and Governments ; the Plague
andi^r efthe Communally* the foretokens oi Famine JVarf De¬
solation 3 as alfo terrible ,EempcfthV\d prodigious Earthquakes 3.
&C. ' C b V '• ^

Comet £ repent e nafeentes regni mutationenh ant peftilentiamr
ant belUi ventos sft ufive port endrnt > lakh a learned Author v

Comets appearing unto mankinde unlooked for j declare the;

change or alteration of kyngdomes j the plague ? warsx wmdes3
an dtempefts.- Nay Ariftotlc himfelf acknowkdgetb.vC^f '

jignificare tempeftatem & ventoruW) &c. That.O#^ figm*

fie tempefts and the intemperance of windes and jhsmes..

fpmetam qui dicim Xiphias{ faith Molineus)/W^r* bella:, ,
** 1 * - . * " expert*

-txftr lentis e-omprohatum eft , Pogomam preftgnific are mortem
rjgjgpim* Experience is an eminent Evidence 3 that a Comet
iike zfword portendeth war ; and an hairy Comet 3 ora Comet
with a Beard 3 denotes the death of Kings.

The Learned JunilinusSp^c. Aflrol.io\, 315. after an Ele-
•gant and Pnilofophical difcourie o iCometsy hath this conclu-
iivepafiage:F>W ergo Cometarum eji parare fecit at em3peftem3
fame mi bella^ tnutationem regnorum^df rerum public arum3 le -
gum >tr adit ionum>dic. (i. e.) To denore and forefhew Jiccitiei
t\\zPlague^ F amine 3Wars3 change of Kingdomes ,States3 Com¬
monwealths ? of Lawes andCuftomii terrible windes3 Earth-
■quakes , fenlity of ad things ufeful for Mankfnde ^ excejfive

great Heat 3 dec • is, the very end wherefore Comets do
appear. , ~

Peucer de Divinat. cells us . - That Comets as often as

they appear , do portend calamities, a mutation and deftru -
flionoi things. Nay 5 the famous Unity is not fiienc herein^
but Lib. z* de nat . Deorum 3 faies ----- Sidera concinnata belle
OHaviano magnarum fuerunt calamitatum pranuntii : That
Comets or (Irange S tarsi were the. forerunners of thofe prodi¬
gious calamities occzfionzd by the Otbavian War. Thus then
We fee > by the concurring confent a*nd teftimonies of the
Ltarned > that Comets have very notable effects alwaies atten ■*
ding themy and that of different kjndes. Not that they are
th tabfolute and compelling caufes of fuch ejfeffis as ufually at*
tend them, but the fignes and foretokens thereof: As the
departure of the Sun9 is a forerunner of darkpefs or n'ght 5 or
the banifoment of that darkpefs 9 the prodr omus of the Suns ap¬
proach again.

Cometem non ejfe phyfeam caufam calamitatum > fedfignnm
potius adplacitum Deiy dec. Saith Fromund > A Comet is not a
Fhyfical caufe of calamities , but rather a Jlgne thereof at the
pleafure and will of G od3 who ufeth the Comet (although as a
natural means) to the terror and amendment of fome mortals 7
Even as he ufes the %ainbow 3 to fignifie the covenant made
betwixt himfelf and mankinde. And although Comets or
New Star may be fortunate (or feem to be foat theleaft)
mtofomy, yecar cthey notfent unto that end, bpc to de -

D 2 nomcv

\

mma and threaten more for rowful things * andto heap up.
the death and calamities of Princes , &c. Lib. i. Mer. C# j.
And tor the fame reafon a an eminent Metcorologift tells us',
that Comets magnas mutationes inducunt tam elementis
mund'h quam, &c. That Comets infer or induce very great
mutations, as well in the elements 3 as in animate creatures
who inhabit the earth 5 or in the governments of Kingdom *
and Cities 5 Yet this they do not as the efficient caufes of
fUch things , but as certaine fignes or tokens of them. . All
thefe Arguments, laid together , how wilful and fottifhly
vain muft thofebe3 th it deny thefe unufuall Phenomena to (, ig -
xifie or denunciate ought unto mankjnde ? And how weak a
Sophfier and raih a Sceptic/nuii he prove^hat wilbiipon the
wafting fioc/of his own confidence and humour , contend againft
the fignes of heaven ? There is no man (faith divine Mol'meus)
tmlels fuch an one who hath no Religion , that is not troubled at
lightning and thundery and affrighted at the fight of an IP O R -
RI B LE COMET'/ He goes on : Quam ominofafuerit
ftella crinita 1607, teftantur tot calamitates Vrbium>Ecc/efia~-
1 rum projell a~ cadavers. How Ominous that Blaming Star
that appeared in the year 1607 was 5 fo many calamities of
Cities , and defolattonmof Churches , fadly teftifie. Lib. de pr xcog -
twfe, /tf/vFol.ldi,

Longomontanus (as quoted by Cap. G. Wharton , in bis
Hemerofc. 1654.n1 append, ad Jftr.<Dan. cap. 7. for I have
not the book by me ) fharply reprehends Eraftus and others*
who allow of fome vertue to ordinary Stars, yet indulge no
power or efficacy to Comets, becaufe (faith he) God and nature
have made nothing in vaine , but ordained the evils themf elves
fignified by Comets to a good end : that is to fay , dearth of
Corn And barremefs j that the earth as it were by lying faK
low, might in the interim be fitted, and prepared to a plenty of
all fruits : fo likewife Tempefts , that the air being thereby
tofed and tumbled, might be purged from dregs j and difea-
fes and wars, that wicked and ungodly men being thereby root*
ed out i the world might be renewed. For5 although thefe
new Phenomena be locked up in the Cabinet of nature % in
jefpeft of the matter* and efficient caufe thereof 5 yet as to

* * .A * V ' l '

the end, they were pre-ordained of God, to fgnifie the ever-
[tons and changes of publikje things , and to full down the too -
mach-fecarity of men. ■

Comets f as often as they appear in the world, denounce un¬
to the earth (ox perfons rather dwelling thereon) heavie tri~
halations , for rows and ajjhffions : events earthquakes, or
fome prodigious terrene births * or fifhes to forfake their ele¬
ments, birds theirs> or the like. And the ingeniouflydear-
ned Kepler is of opinion , that Comets were made, to the
end the atherial Region might not be more void. of movers,
thin the Ocean is of whales and other great thieving fifhes /
and that a grafs fatnefs being gathered together, as excre¬
ments into an ^Afoftem , the celeflial air might thereby be
purged , led the Sun (hould he obfcured, as (partly) he was in
the year 1547 , from the 2410 the 28 of April \ or for a
whole year together,asin that in which Julinslffafar was flain>
when, being made weak by a bloudy or marry -colour , he caft
but a dim and difdainful light . Thus we fee , there is (part¬
ly) a necejfity for fuch appearances 5 that Nature might there¬
by be the better preferred in Order, as well. as tot <j\iankind
thereby to be menaced with fubfequent calamities. •

And fo I come to the Aftrologicalfignifcations of Comets 5
firft, in refpeft of their names', fecondly9in refpedl of
the Planets unto whom they are attributed ; thirdly, in
refpe& of the parts of the Zodiac in which they ap¬
pear.

C H A P. V 1 1.

Of the fignifications of Comets according to Aftrologers*

SECT I,

Of their ligniScations in refpett; of their Names.

'X - r /x * • ' \ r. - ' / ' «

\Vnttinus and others fay, that a Comet which appears like a
i fpit or dart,Jignificat mutationem ac diminutionem fruUaum,
arboram, & terrarumyCr terra nafcentium; & mortalitatem

Kegam

. . - •■( *.) .

Re gum & Divitum , & e or urn qui funt apt t regno- : l,c. It
denotes an altering) removing, mutation and diminution of
fruits^ trees , and of all things growing on the earth 5 a mor¬
tality or death of Kings* and of rich perfons, or Nobles y and
Of fuch vvho are likely ro fucceed in the Kingdom,

A Comet of the colour of the Planet- tMurs, which hath
rays under or round it3 like unto burning Coals ; fignficatpe-
mriam,&c . It denotes want* or an abatement Of former plen¬
ty ; yet not an abfolute famine 5 an enhanhng onely of the
price of commodities ufeful for mankindej whereby the poorer
\fortfafer *. it portends alfo wars that dial! be fomented by
the pretended religious fort of people , who iliall be great fuf-
ferers thereby.

When that Comet appears which is called Pertica, fignl-
ficat ficcitatem atq‘, aquarum * paucitatem 5 & paucitatem
■annona , &c. It betokens Jtceify 3 and a paucity of waters 7
drying up rivers, and the like : It alfo forefhews dear years7
fear city of provifions , which always pinch the common and
vulgar fort of people.

A Comet appearing with an' hairy tail or mane , emitting
‘Lunar-beams or rays' , it hath fignifleatioh of much'damage
and detriment unto the greatefi cf perfons , as Emperours,
JCings and Nobles : and prenotes, the rife of fuch men in
the world > that fhall make it their main bufmefs to eradicate
and deflroy the old eftablifhed Laws and Cufioms, and let up
new ones in oppofition to them': but thefe mijehiefs fhall hap¬
pen chiefly unto thofe places unto which the Comet fhall ex¬
tend its rays, or unto which its tayl pointeth.

When a very gr eat tayled Comet appears unto the world,
fgnificat mortem Re^um^feu Magnatum & J^obihum qui funt
apti Regno : & maxime verfus partem in quam extenders
caudam five radios, & fignificat praha * It intimates the
death of kjngs, nobles^ and great perfons , and fuch as are in
eminent place in the Kingdom ; it denotes alfo wars 5 but
chiefly in thofe parts unro which it extends its tayl or rays .

If a Comet of Martial colour appear in the Eaft-part of
:heaven> with its head deprelfed 5 fignificat pr&lia* & c. It
threatens wars , houfe- burnings, fire and fwordy plague dnd fa-
. "•'» mm

. -

mine 5 ktid this chiefly among the Arabians and Egyptians "
where alfo will be |teat drought and ficclty > fcarcity o f wa¬
ters, All which nrif- chiefs (lull extend chemfelves unto the.'
Regions and Kingdoms which lie from them leftward}

And if the Gome t called Argentine , Or ^fifrg^hticomffs,
fhall appear, which is ..the brighceii and cleared of-aM Comets,
and hath the - dearelRand pureff beams y figntficat abm^
dantiam fr ament 1 CiT fruBuum in gambits in qitibtis aiypzrue- ''
rit) &c. it portends abundance of c rhmd fifth i and mdfeC
creaie ot all thin°sg*owingmpon the earthen thofe parts e-
specially unto which it fhall be vilible. • Am ,

When the Comet called Rofia (which is Stella crinita , or
an hairy Comet j but no: all out fo terrible as that of the firft
appellation) I fay, when this Comet doth appear, fignificat
mortem Regum & Magnatum, ac Divltum &.rJ<Jgjl4lmfo : It
declareth the death of Kings and great'perfons 5 and of rich
men and Nobles ; and a mutation of ieveral ancient Cufioms
and Laws ; with an alteration of them for the better.

t ^ there appear. an obfcure dmlfijh Comet at any time, fig *
nlficat mortahtatem per mortem naturalettz , & mortem per
gladium atq • decollationem. It hgtiifles a mortality among
men, by natur al death, as alfo by the Sword 5 and the beheads
ding o: putting many to a pubiick violent death

This may fuffice for the firft Section , viz,, of the-fignih-
cations of Comets- in refpeft of their names.

• - SECT. 2.

Of their Significations , in reftcB of the Planets unto which

they are -attributed, r ix l ,i i :

*■ . i C srl « rt- "-rtf! r>-?Tfrt ^gndnSJj;

A

Flrfl, I fhall begin with Saturnine Comets ; which always
. denote, there fhall happen in the world many p emulous
evils j as F amines Plague , Exiles Penury , Grief \ Trouble, and
Vexation) and a ttrtb folate deft ruB ion of all thing j that grow
upon the, earth, ufefni to:, man and beaftft QXcdiivdcoJd.air,
grea ifrofts znAfmws 5 high and tempetiuous 'winde'sy fhip*
wracks ^an d damage in Navigation • a deflrtidlion and wanD
of^%greac. inundations, and ft or ms 5 Locufts and (fitter fillers
• c in

/

■ Cm)

in abundance, deftroying the fruits of the earth. Kingdoms
and Countries, Cities and Aden , under the government and
iignification of Saturn, are the greatefl fuffeters in the effetts

of fuci>like Comets. .

"jovial Comets, or Comets of the nature of Jupiter, pre-
fage (faith mine Author ) a very great plenty of all things* a
very fertile year 5 a pleafant falubnosu air 9 with feafonable
ghowres > and wholfom blafts of winde \ chiefly , if they fhali
happen in an Aqrtatique or watry Signe , and in the winter-
feafon. Regnaqua funt fub imperio jovis patientur , varia
detrmenta & accidentia .* Kingdoms alio which are fubjeCf
to the government of Jupiter , fuffer much detriment , and
many various accidents.

Thofe Comets or New Stars that are of the nature of the
fiery Planet C\fars> foretoken pefliferous and horrible winds
and tcmpefts, an exficcation or drying up of rivers and foun¬
tains ; adeftru&ion of the fruits of the earth* by vermin and
putrefaction ; prodigious and frequent -Thunders and Light-
mugs ; many fh'tpwraekj and fea-fights^ ; wars, quarrels and
contentions ^tumults and / editions , rebellions, ma \ff acres, {laugh¬
ters, and b'toudfhed\ an alteration of Governors and govern¬
ments ; multiplicity of thieves and robbers, both at land and
lea ; deftru&ion of governments, Laws 5 Cufloms and Confti-
tutioKs , and the like. All which evils are of the nature of
Mars , and thofe places and perfons fubjetf; unto Mars are
principally defigned fufferers thereby. a ;

Comets of the nature.of the Sun, portend many great in¬
firmities and dangers : And as the Sun in general hath figni-
fication of Kings and the great eft of perfons 5 fo the New
Stars or (ornets attributed untohiir.jdeclare the death or de -
ftruQion of fuch kinde of perfons or Rulers 9 be they either
men or women. My Author fays9 Cum rerum Regmmuxa-
tione , fed quibus meliora fuccedant, 8 cc, with a mutation or
, change of things* of or belonging to fuch Kin gdom or King¬
doms f but thefe alterations are flill for the better. Some¬
times fuch Comets denote Wan great droughts 0 uproars , tu -

mults^ and the like. - a

Thofe Comets which are attributed to Venus ^ chiefly

v - - - — - — - " inend

fpend thei^effsdb upon the fruits of the earth * dcftrojmg-
themsas ai Ho Waters and Rivers38cc» Great mutations they
denote alto to happen in the world > alterations of received
and long-concinued Laws, Cufioms and Ordinances .* They
like wiTe bring great detriment and damage to women of all
Irindes j not fpirin* therein your holy Firginsznd Matrons
which inhabit Religious houfes , and renouncing the world
are become Votaries to heaven : Names and Lady Abbeffes
are likewife concerned in the effefts of them : Emprejfes,
§fseens, Prince ffes, Datchejfes ■, C ountejfes, Ladies of greater
and lefts r quality : ail thefe, l fay, more or lefs, as their par-
tkuUr G emt tires concur* are fubjeft to the effects of the Co -
wets of Wenus : Kingdoms ,C ountries , Cities and corporations ,
'families and perfons fubjetf: to Penns, are likewife concerned
in their effects.

Such Counts as are of the nature of ALercury , declare a-
bundince or industry and pohcie to be fet on foot in the
world ; makes men apt to entrap and enfnare each other ;
they denote alfo great calamities^ nd the death or definition
of fome great or famous man or men : many times* they bode
famine , plague and wars : Wife men are ruined , and had in.
low efieem , outwitted, degraded , and deftroyed : Learning it
filf ru*ss retrograde ; and impudence and ignorance affumc
the Chain Kingdoms* Countries, Cities and perfons fub-
je6h to tjyLercury , are the chief patients, and fufter under
thefe Comets effects. What thofe kingdoms, See. are, fee my
Dottrine of Nativities 3pirt j.

Comets that are attributed to the nature of the Moon,
denote fome kinde of prejudice unto the vulgar fort of peo¬
ple, as alfo unto women : they likewife prefage an alteration
of Kites and Cufioms, laws and pnviledges3 See. many times,
wars, zndftenhty fucceed hereupon j jhipwracks , damage
mto fea-men generally ; rot of fmail cartel * and a want of
prrovifion in general.

Thus much for tht fignific at ions of Comets , as they are at¬
tributed to the feaven Planets > and for the fecond
Se&ion. r

E

CHAR

c *o

✓

SECT. 3.

Of their Significations in nfpeUoftbe part of the Zodiacfe

in which they happen*.

T'He Zodiack, is a Circle that divides the Heavens inter
A twelve equal parts : in fome one of which, what CWe*
foever it be, that appeals, it muft fil'd, and indeed (ailovv-
ing progreilion unto it) alwayes be abfei ved. Now, Aftrolo-
gersj that they might not be wanting in their own Art9 l y
tenons and fedu'.ous obfervation, have excogitated the fig*
nif cations and ejfeflsof fuch Comets , or new Stars, as they
have happened in any of the 12 parts of the Zediack^: and
their opinions I (hall abbreviate in the following order •

If any Comet or new Star fhaliappear in Aries ^ Significat
malum ac detrimcntimi divitum ac magjwtumrau\\ Nob/lium
inpartihm Orient Is , & multitudinem trijlitics cum rujlicts ,&x.
It portends much mifehief and detriment unto rich meu9 and
the chiefeft of perfons that inhabit the gaftern parts of the
world , and a multitude of forrows and tioubles to the'
vulgar : It bodes alfo warlike preparations, effufion of much.
blood 5 the death or deftruftion of fome great Tnvcc or
Trincefs , occafioning much confternation andtrouble among,
thofe, where fuch accident or accidents (hall happen. It in¬
timates great droughts and difeafes0 which (hall aftiift the head
and eyes , a murrain among final! Cattel , the dejection of the
Nohleft and heft of perjens, and exaltation of the raoft vile
and hafe : Religion , under the effe&s of a Comet in Ariesy
hath fometimes found many pernicious adverfarie /.

When any Comet or Blazing Star (hall appear in Taurus^
Significat malum ejfe hominum , & paucitatem boni eorum^Scc*
It foretokens much evil to befal mankinde;a ledening of theii
goods or Eftates 5 they will injure and rebel one againft an¬
other in the Countreys, or thofe places fubjewf unto that
figne. It alfo portends the death of fome great and eminent
Man 5 many mifehiefs, captivities, and in a manner, a licenfe
for, or toleration of,all manner of eviisdt alfo denotes detri¬
ment to the greater fort of Cattel, as the Horfeftx?} Cowficc*

1 . a it.

Terrible windes; a corruption or putrefa&ion of fruit and
Corn 5 great Earthquakes, and cold pinching Winters : great
ficknefles raign among men, proceeding from corruption of
blood ; Vt Scabies & Prurim.

if a Comet appear in the Coeleftial Twins at any time, Sig-
nificat apparitionem lafcivia atq\ fornicationis , & inceftus ve-
ntreiy culm in bominibus,&cc. It declares men to be lafcivious
and given to commit fornications, to be in love with ince-
ftuous courfes, and to negleft goodnefs, and the true wor-
fhip and reverence of God. It bodes alfo ftrifes, quarrels,
controver(ies,wars and diflentions, grievous difeafes, whence
many children die, and young men or youth in abundance :
Many abortions; and prejudices to women with childe; a de-
itra&ion of Birds [avium i?2terituni] famine and want, thun¬
der and lightning, prodigious lofty windes, blowing down
! Trees by the roots.

But if a Comet (hall be feen in the figne of Cancer y it pre-
fageth abundance of Locufls or Caterpillars , or fuch worms
that deftroy the fruits of the earthy a paucity of fruit, but
plenty of vermine: Warsy difcords, and unhappinefs among
men ; more then common evils befal them. Either the Heir
of Come Kingdom, or chief Goverijour or Governed there¬
of, refignes to death : Many are drowned, or overwhelmed
j inforrows; many Robberies and Outrages, befieging and
plundering of Cities ; the Famine and Peftilence alfo
raigneth.

J A Comet or new Star appearing in Leo , or the coeleftial
Lyon, declares men to be prejudiced and infefted with a
multitude of wilde Beaftsy Wolves, and the like 5 Corn in the
i fields deftroyed by Worms and Caterpillars ; Rats, Weefelsy
1 Mice , and fuch like vermine, do many mifchiefs, and bring
| much damage unto men in their Eftates. The Gentry and
1 Nobility , and divers great Ladies fuffer detriment ; and ma¬
ny of them fubmit to the Grave . Strifes and Wars among
Kings, and a great ejfufion of blood in the Eafiern parts of the
world : heavy dolours in the eyes of men ; Dogs run mad in
multitudes.

A Comet in the Virgin appearing,- imports the purging of

E 3 the

(a$) H|

the Houfes or Courts of Kings ; and that many belonging R»
them, (hall remove or wander, from one place to another,
out of one Country into another 5 it threatens alfo their ba~
nijhtntnt , or captivity ; thelofsof their Goods^ Honours and
Offices , without any hope of Reftoration : It brings much
damage and detriment to M erchamts^ and ftirs up many in¬
juries and infolencies among men of every degree; whence
proceed Animofities and Rebilliens^ thence exiles and captivi-
ties, and many tribulations forrows and fadnels unto particu¬
lar men y Abortions to women ; the nobler fort of the Female
fex, (but that they now adayes make it matter of honour)
would alfo be fnbjeft to great jcandals^ infamies Sc difgrac.es . • ..

Si apparu.it in fgno Libre ex fields C ometis , fignificat latro -
ves ac abfeifores viarum^predones^tke. If any Comet or riewr
Star (hall appear iu the (fiodefiial balance^ it portends many.
Thieves, Thefts and Robberies, Houfe-breakers, and Rob<- ^
bers or Cutters on the high-way ; and a great ground for ;
men to dread poverty : And by reafon of the extremity of
heat and cold, (in their refpe&ive feafons) the very hearts, of
men (hall fuffer great damage and detriment, and this even ,
to death. The death of fome King or famous Perfon, is alfo
hereby portended, great (laughters and vulneracions, fecret J
contrivances, plots, and treacheries, occult conjurations, &c«.
Purchaftrs and Buyers fubjeft to infinite lofs, in their con-
traft s and bargains: A great want of R tfzVz.impetuous IVindcs ,
horrible Earthquakes ; a drying up of Fountains , Rivers y j
and Springs ; a fcarcity of the Fruits that grow on the earth ;
dear Tears , little charity or kindnefs to be expected, fothaE;
the poorer fort are like to ftarve.

If a Comet or new Star (hall appear in the figne Scorpio ^
fignificat multimdmcm guerre atq ; heliorum , See. Jt fignifies ^
a multitude of Wars and Concroverhes among men j Rebel¬
lion againft Kings and chief Magi ft rates ; alterations and .
changes, among men of Martial difeipline: great labour
trouble and difficulty, among all kinds of men 5 contentions; ^
and animofities among Piinces, and the graver fort, and !
mod fuperiour kinde of Perfons ; at fome times a very great
fcarcity of waters, as alfo of Corn, and all forts of grain and

' fruit:

.

Ca?)

fruic that grows on the earth ; great danger unto teeming
U'omen , and very great griefs and pains unto men and women
in thofe parts, that Aftrologers tell us Scorpio governs.

Si apparuit infigno S agitt arii aliqua ex ftellis Cometis , de-
prejjionem fgnifieat bominum rtybiliumy Sapientum , Seri -
barum,atq-, DoCtorum Legum , &rc.When any Comet appears in
S agitt ary, it denotes the deprelfion of the moft noble fort of
men, men of the worthieft perfons, and moft fplendid parts,
Great, Wife, Prudent and Learned ; fucL as are Antiquaries,
an i well acquainted with Pkilojopby, Law, and Divinity: it
imports likewife a lofs of their fubflanee orEftates, and not
for any known, but for private and occult caufes. Itfome-
times bodes great trouble to Princes, Captivities, Depoftions,
Contumelies , Reproaches , and other fuch like accidents to hap *
pen unto them.

If a .Comet or Blazing Star fhall happen to appear in Capri -
ci? 07, it argues Fornications and Adulteries in that time, to be
l ire and common among, men ; Et erunt bella inter Reges &
Nobiles : and there will be War and bloodfhed between
Kings and Nobles:^ It alfo denotes a multitude of calami¬
ties and infortunacies unto all forts of people; the death of
Kbigs or Princes i by poyfon or other violent means, quarrels ,
Jfrifes , and robberies, both in City and Country ; perfecution of
Godly and Religious men, and things; contempt o fReli-
gi m it felf ; terrible fnows, bails , a ndfrofts ; bitter and tedious
Winters', whence iffues a deftru&ion of t\\c feeds of all things
growing in the earth: And unto all thefe will be addedj>
Plague , Famine, and vulgar Fury.

When any . Blazing Star thrill appear in Aquarius, it prefa*
ges terrible and durable Wars and flaughters among men,
and many other kindes of cruelties and erodes. In the Ea-
Jleni parts of the world, fome eminent Prince, or great Fe~
male Per fon, yields unto death ; Epidemical Bifeafis, and
lafting diftempers now take their Rife ; the Air is much dark-
si ed and obfeured; great Winder, fVbunder , and Lightning*
from whence proceeds a Plague or Peft, fo mighty and uni-
verfal, th&tjweeps aw ay a multitude of all forts of perfons, as
well thofe of the more lofty fort: as thofe that are more vile
and bale* 7 * - And.

(3°)

And if any Comet or Blazing Star lhall happen to appear in
Tifces, or the Fifties ; it portends there lhall be War and
ftrife, and this chiefly among Relations, or thofe that are al¬
ly ed one to another ; many will commit violence upon them'
felves, as well as upon their enemies ; it denotes alfo the wo-
ful and calamitous eftate of the vulgar or common people;
great contentions and troubles will arife among them, by rea-
lon of Religion and the Faith generally profeffed ; former
traditions and priviledges called into queftion; and not only
the earth, but the Air will be replete with Prodigies. It
bodes alfo the deftruftion (and confequently the want) of
fifties, and much danger unto all that Navigate or Voyage
by Sea: The greateft Potentates on earth lhall be at diffe¬
rence with each other 5 and many rebellions and flaughters,
will happen, in their chiefeft Cities or Towns.

It is to be noted, that although Comets happening in fuch
and fitch parts of the Zodiacal Circle, are the ufual, nay the
certain Prodromi of Wars, &c. yet fuch Countreys only fub-
ieft to the figne , or its triplicity wherein the Comet happens,
are only concerned in the effeds thereby portended. So alfo,
fuch Kings or other meaner perfons, whofe Genitures have
relation unto fuch figne, wherein the Comet or new Starhap-
pens.

And fo 1 come to tny intended difeourfe of the late Comets, j

CHAP. VIII.

Of the two Comets, or Blazing Stars lately feett with us in
England, and in other parts of the World.

F Or Method's Cake, and the refpeft I owe unto Order, I
lhall divide this Chapter into thefe feveral Sections fol-

1. A brief Narrative of the Comets lately feen.

2. ha Hifiorical Account of what hath fucceeded fuch
Apparitions for 600 years paft.

2. The probable Effe8s that may attend thefe Comets
6 in general, ~ “ ~ ~ 4<The

(jl )

4* The particular Relation they have to divers Kings.
Emperors, See. Kingdoms, Countreys , &c.

In each of which, I (hall be as brief and perfpicuous, as
the matter or fubje& will permit: Which when I have done,
if I gain but the approbation of the impartial Reader, and
judicious Jrtifl , (whom alone I aim herein to pleafureand
pleafe) I fhall not value th tfnarlings of Sycophants , Tempori¬
zers, Cheats and Impofiors : Some whereof, having of latebeerc
(without either Art or honejly in themfelves, or a/iy juft oc-
cafion or ground from me given) Co impudently audacious,
as to fallen many fcandals and contumelies, reproaches and dp
graces, upon me and my Works : whom, although i have
anfwered as becomes a Man, and an Artift 5 yet fo zealoufly
conftant are they, in their implacable hatred, and confede¬
rated and continued malice , that no left then fevi of thefe
barking CMongrih, have I this laft year met with ; as if they
took their humour of bawling and railing from each other
by Sympathy 5 as your Cocky are faid to crow at the dayes ap-
proat h . ^ Howbeit, although thefe reafonlefs creatures do clap
t icir vvings and clamour, yet they are fo carelefs, if not fence-
/f/j, of their otvu reputations, that whereas I have charged up¬
on fome of them 100 Errors, (and thofe broad-fee’d ones)
lor any one feeming overfight, they can or dare fairly lay
to my charge 5 they pafs them by, as totally unconcerned, and
a rdi a railing upon my Perfon and Education 5 fiippofing*
that if they make but a noife, the vidorfs their own ; and the
world ex necefrtate, is engaged to believe them. But I fhall
eave this railing Rout to their own defliny, and purfue a bet¬
ter Game, viz. the Method above preferibed ; which, with-.-
! QUt any Preface, or Frcame, I fhall now haften unto.

j HyOMn 3* * if*T. *•> •' f ; ■ l5 - : v ; ^ • * * . ' ; *

* SECT. 1.

A brief Narration of the two Comets lately pen.

'J'He jfr/£ °f thefe Blazing Stars lately feen, was obferved*
firlt to appear (as I have it from my good fiend Mr '
James Blachpel) who was then at Wjw- forke in N* w-Eng~
r November i2» about three or four a clock

ini

in the morning there • It was Eajl-South-lLaJl in the Heavens,
in the beginning of the Equinoctial figne Libra, viz,, about
2 degrees, having great South ‘latitude from the Ecliptique 5
buttheprecife1 Latitude, he was not able (for want of proper
Inftruments) to determine. And after this , he (aw it common*
ly nigh about the fame part of the Zodiacal feveral dayes to¬
gether : which (hews its motion was not fwift ; yet that mo¬
tion it had, was by Ketrogradation . .

Upon Deccmb. 1, in the morning) he {aw it in the South
part of the Heavens, not very far diftant from the Moon ; the
Mm« being fomewhat Eaflrrardcf it. It wasnowof a bright
colour, almoft like unto Venus, or our evening-Star, but not

altogether fo glorious. .

Cn Uecemb, 2. he faw it again, and it was then moved in¬
to the later part of Virgo* And fo he continued obftrving
of it night by night (as the weather would pci mit him) until
the 2 1 of December, when he obferved it in the later degi ecs
of Uo\ and there (he believes) it extinguifced ; it being
no more to be {een, either by him , or any other , in the Ship .
although after this, they were fome weeks at Sea , and feveral

nights endeavoured after a fight thereof.

The body of this Comet was very great, and its tail of a
very great length 5 it pointed IVejiivard, both as it aiofe, and
asitfet; and this conftantly from the beginning of i|:s fir ft
appearance, to the time of ksvamfhwg.^ _

This was that Comet, which at the beginning, 1 fay was feen
Dec. \6'. b/a learned Divine in this City ; asalfo byan ho¬
noured per ion, one of the Boy a l fociety of Grejham-CoMge,
London. The fame alfo l had confirmed unto me, by feveral
Letters from feveral parts of this Nation, too large to be
here retnembred. About the 1 6. Decemh. an intimate Friend
of mine, coming from Norwich toward London, h aw it in the
later degrees of Leo, and orally acquainted metherewit .

Neither doth this Relation of Mr. J. B labels (with the
others'! much differ from that Letter Printed in our News-
book, "dated from Stockholm in the Kingdom of Sweden :

which runs thus - Vftm Dec. 9. Oldftile, 1 66 4. about 4 w

the morning, here were feveral perfens that took an exa8 objer-

s, — - — * - vattm

, > ' ‘ g , *

\ I* 4. ' \t *

nation of a Comet, which had appeared for fundry night sle-
fire. Its Afcenfion was found to be South South-Eajl here at
Stockholm ; and the tail thereof extended Soutb-Eaft (the
other relations fay Weft ward) to 20 degrees in length : which
is computed as 31 to 28, compared to that feen 16 1 8. Y be po¬
sition of this at prefent they take from the Spica Virginis, 2 9
deg. and a half p and from the tail of the Lyon 41 deg. South¬
ward. Its Latitude is 20 degrees , and Longitude 182, whit h
agrees to 1 deg, (paulo plus) of Libra , in the Latitude of

| Stockholm. .

Now, that this Letter is miftaken in the pointing of the
tail or ftream of the Comet, obferve the feveral follo wing

Letters and Relations.

From Edenborough, Decemb. 15*1654.

* Here has appear'd fir thefe ten dayes by-paft , a Comet , which
aril'es about two in the morning , and is feen till five, to the South
South-Weft from Edenborough. It is not fi big as others have
been-, but very remarkable , in that it has a ftream ijfuing from

the fide of it, Hkf a red flame out of the mouth of a furnace .

Jtfeems to point Weft and by North. This relation i finde in our
News-books .

From York, I received a Letter, dated Decemb. 18. 1664.

part whereof was as followeth . We have in thefe pans,

many mornings together, obferve d a very great Comet, about the
bignefs of the Moon in Apogaeon 5 fometimes quite round, with
frickjie rayes equally extended ; other times , with a tail firne
15 or 16 degrees in length, pointing exactly Weftward all the
time. It had great South-latitude ; and was in Longitude ?ieer
to the glorious" Star called Alphrad,«r the bright Star of Hydra ;
and a little E aft ward of the bright Star in the JBuekJer of the
Ship, called Market. And ye fter day morning about 3 a clock,, 1
faw it again, almoft in CoftunCtion of the bright Star in the
back^of the Lyon, Many among us areperfwaded, it bodes fome
more then ordinary change but wheretbe arrow of Gods anger
(by this unufual apparition fnretokened)will light ,or upon whom,
we muft expett to be directed by thofe who make it their enquiry
into fucb matters-*—— You will not only oblige me, but many of
your friends hereabouts , very much, if yon will but vouchsafe

F t your

jour ofin'm in a line or tm from your own band , what this
frame new Star may portend, 8cc.

In another Letter dated from Oxford , 1 had this account
of the firft Comet, — — (Sir,) Although / doubt not, but you
have fern the Comet your ft If at London ; yet I held myfelf ob¬
liged to acquaint you with my wealq obfervations thereon ; in
which, if I have not gone fo artificially to wor\as i might have
done 'you mufi know", there is a difference betwixt an under-gra¬
duate and a mofter of Science ; and it is not yet two years com -

pleat, fnce 1 firft was your Pupil. - On December T2 in

the morning about two of the clock, there arofe in the South-EajL
part of Heaven, the Comet, which appeared very big, yet of a pale
colour-, the dr earn iffuingfromit was merfeven foot long , to the
evc : Its Longitude was in the later , Viz. about twenty two de¬
crees of Virgo, and it was about 28 degrees Southward, from the
great Star of the maji of Jafons Jhip Argos : it bad feme fixteen
' 'degrees South- Latitude from the Ecliptique ; the tail pointed

Weftward. 1

On December 1 6, Iffw it again, but jomewhat later in the

morning. Viz. pa} f 4 a clock- It then was in fome 11 degrees of
Vir^o ; and neer unto the bright S tar of Hydra, which bath 2 2
degrees South-Latitude, from the Ecliptique. h pointed with its
ftream ftill Weftward : the Latitude I could not obferve very

much, to vary from what it had at firft .

On December the 2 r , If aw it again, juft in the beginning of
Virgo, the Latitude grown lefs by two degrees : it was greater
now to ocular vifton, then at the firft, and its tail jlill pointed

We ft ward. .. ..... ,

Several other Letters have 1 by me , which (did they not
tend to the fame purpofe, > I fhould moll willingly commit
to the Frefs ; but it being fufficiently plain by thefe, that the
iaile of this Comet did point Weftward , which is the thing I
have endeavoured to evince ; I fhould but vainly blot Paper
with the mention of any further proof. Hence it enter geth,
that the relation from Stochfolme , ismiftaken in the poficion
of the tail or ftream of thisCcmet;which I can attribute to no¬
thin'’ but Lapfus calami, for theobfervation otherwife, feems
excellently w ell taken, and befpeaks him aninduftrious JJlro-
jwwcr,that was at the pains thereof.. Sines

(35)

Since die writings hereof, I have met with a fight of the
obfervacions made by one Mr. Philip Stainred of Briftol-9who
obferved it on December the 5 about 6 in the morning on the
lJ\Leridian, having 16 of degrees ^Altitude', Longitude i8l de¬
grees, [Viz. in 1 degree of Libra] -and 24 degrees of South »
Latitude : It was feen between the conft ellation of the Waier-
pot and the Raven .

On the 1 6 ^/December j he [aw it again , at half an hour pa ft
two in the morning , Its Aleridian Altitude was but 7 degrees
and a half; Longitude 30 degrees of Leo : Latitude 45 degrees
South . The tail pointed North-Weft by Weft 5 between Syrirn
and Canicula : its motion was Wefl by South, half a point South ;
fothat inthefe 1 3 dales (faith he) it moved veer South-Weft by
South 3 2 degrees and a half ; and in 24 hours 3 2 degrees , 30
minutes. And fo I come to the relation of the fecond
Comet.

That there were two Comets, there is no doubt to be made j
for there have been teftimonies of the truth thereof , from al-
rnoft all parts of Chriftendome . For proof whereof ol ferve
the following relations. In the (facets or Newsbookst l finde
in a Letter from Hamburgh dated December t he 24, 1664.
this paffage — — The great Comet lately feen here , appears no
longer with us : but here is now another, much left then the for -
mer,rifing South- Eaft, and fetting in the North Weft.

In a Letter from Oxford I received this information — —
The late great Comet ( which l wrote unto you ofjis vanifhed 5
but now there appears another > fomewhat lefs then that 5 and
more pale in colour ; It was December 2 3 deg . in Longitude ,
neer the South-eye of the Bull , having fome 1 <y deg , of South -
Latitude from the Echptique : it was round , and without ary
tail or ftr cam iffuing from it> as had the other . On December
24 3 If aw it again , and then it feemed as big as an ordinary
trencher-plate , about eight inches diameter , and had prickly
rayes difperfed round. Some here would needs fuppofe it the
fame Comet 3 but that is impofftble , the firft,extmguijking in the
later part of the Coeleftial Lyon ; and this within few nights af¬
ter, was fir ft feen in the beginning of the Twins • It muft there¬
fore be another Comet •

F 2

t

Tbs

; (j 6)

The account which my ^ . t „ | ^~ ^ i .

me>is this 5 That within five or fx nights after the extinUion,

or difappearance of the firft Comet [which was in Leo] he
r,0 another, Viz. on December the 26 , whofe pofiuon by
joHcitude, was in to deg. of Taurus , fomewhat near the
rplefades , ics Latitude r.eer 1 6 d grees South- and of m4gm-
tude much lefs (hen the former Comet. And then , coming
toward Land, and being extreamiy buhed, lie could o^ferve

u exactly no longer. - , . j

The b aforementioned IVT.T5* Stainred at BnjlolJcizih made

theie feveral following observations of this fccondGomet • I
( fairh he ) obferved this fee ond C met December 24., his Lon -
ch*de to be i»i 1 deg. 30 m of Taurus, Latitude _i8 degrees
South-, bearing from the bright Star tn the jaw of the whale,
South-Fad 6 dec. 30 m. the tail pointing between Ortons jhettl-

der anile Sat eye, at 8 4 clock at night. _

The day of December it moved into 4 degrees 0] l au.us

and had 3 6 degrees of South- Latitude -.having moved tn 6 dates

1 c dec. (i. e.) two degrees 30 m. im4 houses.

The 3 da} of Ja it ary 1 66 5 ( t/ificon. J it was 30 degrees

in A ieS; in the Ecltpt^ue* . ,

The o of January it recovered 2 degrees of Not th- Latitude,

the tail pointing toward the Pleiades , half an hour paft 5 «

”rhe I 2 of January it was on the Meridian, a quarter paft 5,
his Longitude 27 degrees in Aries : North- latitude about 4
deg. and under the fr(t star of Aries 3 degrees, appear, ng lefts
then a Star of the fourth magnitude. Pits motion being from
the 24 of December, to the ! 2 of January. fo lowing, ( bang 1 9
dales J was North ■ Weft , half a point Wefterly, 27 degrees and
, 5 m. which is 1 degree 26 m. for hu mean moving in 24

b0Hrs . bm towards the later end a moved lefs then 1 deg .

in 1 4 houses. 7 his was the baft time I could fee the Comet, by

pointed North- Eaft by Baft. Hitherto _Mr. Stamred.

' And fo I come to the feveral obfervanons that my fe/f ,
fomtimes alone, and lometimes with others, made of this later
Comet ; for the former 1 could never fee..

;

(37)

/ }

On December 2 3 & 24*1 664* I obferved this Comet , as I
have related at the beginning of this book 4 but the 2 5 and
26 dayes, by reafonof clouds and dark Air, could not

^QnDecwbcr 27. I faW it again, neer 16 degrees of Taurus,
bavin* 22 deg. South-Latitude. It had then a hrufb or tail
nee r fix foot long, pointing exaftly EabNortb-kaft . #

Upon Dec«»*. 28. from the hours of 10 to 1 2 ; favv it ve¬
ry well, a little South of that glorious Star called. Men^r or
the jaw of the whaler its Latitude was much increafed, ic

was now nee r 26 degrees South.

On December 29. it was about 9 eeg. of Taurus, and the

tail was much longer then formerly, viz. to common viIiofl,
it was near 9 foot in lengthy 1 fup^ofe it appeared the longei ,
it being a tnofi clear , curious , bright farcy- nig ot.

On December 30. it was in about 6 degrees, or fomevvnat
lefsof Taurus y and inclining fomewhat neerer the Ecliptic \
then formerly. Its tail or ftream appeared very long this

*c Decemb . 31. Itwas not to be feen at London^ by?eafono£

the cloudinefs and remifsnefs of the evening? .

January i. from a little pad 7 in the evening, unti neer
10 a clock, 1 faw it again In the 3 deg. of 7W«r, t ailed as
long as before ; the tail ft ill pointing North- Eap. It had not

now above 4 deg. South- Latitude. ..

On "January 2. I faw it in the Soutb-Eafl, from 5 until
neer 8 at night, as neer as 1 could obferve, removed into one
degree of 1 aurus, a little South of the hair of the Whale 5
the tail rather increafing then dwunijhmg in its Longitude.

Upon January 3. 1 took observation of it again, and it
was then in 2? deg. of Arks, neer the Stars of the edejaal
Ram. It had now little or no Latitude, ha.f a degree was

^U^on’ the 4,5,8c 6 dayes of January, by ^reafon of the
cloudy and overcaft evenings, it could not be feen at a , wi n

us at London. - . i .

On the 7 day of January, it being a dear evening, about

eleven at night, 1 took view of it again ; the tail or ftrea“

abated in length ; its Longitude wasbnt 28 degrees of Aries 7
(which (hewed it almott fiationary now) the Latitude not a-
hove a degree from the Ecliptique, but altered in denomi¬
nation, viz- North.

I have difcourfed with feveral, that faw it the 8,9,10,1
&. 1 2 dayesof January , who tell me, rhat it was obferved to
be wearing away, and that thofe evenings it lometimes was
(een with a taif and other times without one. My felf being

tbe?i taken with an unhappy lamentfs in my mofl ujeful Arm7
could not obferve further then lhave already related . And if the
learned ^ fir onomer7 or curious Critic\ in cxlefiial Science ,
fi; all finds me in my Obfervations to differ any thing from cer¬
tain truth , / hope he trill correct them with candor , and kjndly
accept my endeavours , it being the firft time that lever attem¬
pted any thing of this kjnde 5 and a thing not common among
Afirologers7 to be fo curioujly obfervant . For the Pfeudo-Aflrono -
mers , or Knap-fack ^ Afirologers (for not only this Age, but this
great City fwarms with fuch Cattel ! ) if they Jhall undertake
to cavil or carp at my adventure ■ herein , as fometimes ( without
canfe fthey have7 at other my Writings 5 I Jhall defire them firfi
publijh better of their own , and thereby floew me my mifiakes 5
or otherwife J Jhall only ejlimate thcm7 as they truly dejerve, a
brood of Jgnorants ! and fuch that will fooner invite my contempt ,
then merit my compliance .

SECT. 2.

Containing an Hiftorical Account of what hath fucceeded fuch
Apparitions for above 600 years pajh

AComet(faith the great Philofopher and Natiiralift Pliny )

is not eafily purged away by facrifice : he inftances . -

Vt civili motu Ottavio Confide 3 itcrumqi Pompei ac Cafaris
hello: As (faith he) it was found in that civil War when
Ottavios was Conjuf and in that Waralfo, that was betwixt
Pompey and C^Jar. The faying among the Greeks^ is a truth
not to be defpifed, or indeed, lightly believed or confidered^
viz. Kc^rvAsrU « /a/3y (i. e.) Never did any Comet

yet appear , but it was the meffengerof Mijchieffor brought fonts
" ' • ' e

' <39) - . ,

evil along with with it. Which great and certain truth 3 I (hall
evince unto you, by many eminent infta?ices.

In the year 66. P.C. There appeared a great Comet for fix
months together : Gejfm Floras was then (lain by the Jews ,
over whom he was Prefident. And 70000 Romans fiain by

Boadice a Britifh Queen. .

In the year 70. There appeared;! Comet. Vitellitis the Frn-
peror (that enemy to the heavenly influences ) was by their
Energy compeii’d to yield to the Grave. Otbo killer h him-
felfi

^ Anno 21 3. Another Comet appears of dreadful magni¬
tude. Severn the Emperor dieth, according to his own Pre¬
diction ; for he was an Aftrologer.

In the year 363. A Comet appeareth. The 'Temple of Apollo ,
is burnt 1 Julian the Apoftate , in prosecuting the <jerfian War*
is (lain himfelf at Chrejiphon .

In the year 4^4. A Come* appeared ten weeks together-
Theodofm the Emperor d ieth *, The Ring of Goths is (lain.

In the year 571. A Come/ of great Magnitude appeared!-
! Albonim King of Lumhardy dieth. The Perfians War with
the Romans . The Huns break into Germany 3b\xt are expelled
by the French.

In the year 814. A great Comet feen. Charles the great
dieth.

In the year 839. A Comet appeared in Aries. Lodovicm
Pius the Emperor dieth. The banes invade England. The
Moors wa fte Italy, blit are expelled. Lothair wars with his
brethren, and there are (lain 1 00000 men.

Anno 983. hgrQzt Comet feen. And the Emperor Otho the
fecond dieth, and leaves the Empire in great diftraftion. .

^Anno no 6. A great Comet appeareth- The Emperor
Henry the fourth dieth 5 as fuppofed of grief, that his Son had
■ lately rebelled again# him.

Anno 11 69. Another Comet was feen. The Sultan ol
Egypt is Gain by SyvaconM . Malcolme King of Scots dieth.
The Romans rafe /llha. Catana in Sicily deftroyed , and
j 1-9000 people therewith, by a prodigious Earthquake.

Anno 1214. A Comet appeared for 18 dayes together,

f • ' The

( )

The King of An agon (lain. The Spaniards kill 200000

CAloors. William King of Scots dieth.

Anno 1301. A Comet of wonderful magnitude appeared
in the Heavens. The Turkj invade the Empire. Andrew King
of Hungary refignes his power and life unto Death.

sJnno 1341. A terrible Comet (with many other appari¬
tions) was feen in the Heavens. The Emperor Andromm
this year, or the beginning of the following year, fuffered a
fatal and unheard-of Fragtdy. The King of Sicily dieth.

^Anno 1375. A Comet with a Beai d was feen many nights
together in the Heavens. Charles IV. dieth. 17 downs in
Flanders drowned. The Chilians kill 2 0000 Furkj in Bojj
nia by a ftratagem. Great calamities in Italy , Prince Edward ,
commonly called the black Prince, dieth : and not long after,
Edward il l. King of England dieth. French take the lile of

Wight j burn Rye and Haftings. # Cr

Anno 1390. A great Comet appeared. King Jebn of Ca -
(Vile dieth by a fall from his Horfe. Prefently after, John Hm
oppo eth the Tope: Mary Queen of Hungary dieth.

Anno 1402. A mighty Comet was feen in the Heavens;
and fo the year after, &c. 7amherlain enters Apia, (calling
himfelf Iram Dei , & Vajlitatem Terr£\ The wrath of God,
and deft ruftion of the Earth.) Kills two hundred thoufand
Turks', takes Bajazet Prifoner, (hackles him, and puts him
in an iron C age, and carries him captive through all Afia ,
making him his foot-ftool when he alcended his horfe. J hn
Fins is condemned and burnt for an Heretick, at Conltance,
Anno 1421. Another Comet appears in the Heavens .Henry
V. Kitie, of England dieth. And the next year, Charles Vi.
King of France dieth. Zifpa routs the Emperors Forces, and
burns Cuibna ; which place, for the S i Iver mMines fake ,he cal¬
led The Turfe of *A ntichrifi .

Anno 1440. A great Comef was feen. An umverfal Pefti-
lence rageth throughout the whole world. Alberm the Em-
ror dieth. King of Bohemia dieth. The Marftialof France
burnt for Sorcery. Amurath IK waftes Hungary 3 but expel¬
led at laft by Corvinits Huniades .

■ t.%. *L • * v # 4

Anm

\

Anno 1450* Another C<?we* appeared. Amuraththt Em-
peror of the Turk/ dieth at the fiege of Croia, Scanderbeg
the Great, overcometh Mufiapha his Competitor.

Anno 14563 1457. In the month of June appeared two
Comets : the former in Cancer ; the later in Pifces. Mahomet
the Great beaten from the fiege at Belgrade by Huniades .
Huniades dieth. Ladiflaus King of Poland dieth. Alphon-
fits King of Naples dieth. ,

Anno 1460. Gometa viftt terribilis apparuit ; A mod terri¬
ble Comet appeared to fight. King of . England is made Pri-
Toner at Northampton . The civil IVar begins in Frame »
Charles VII. King of Fnj«ce,and Adolphus Duke of Holfatia ,
both die. Crackyw^ a great City in ‘folonia , wafted with fire
and fword. Mahomet II. Emperor of Turkey, after many
Victories, cruelly kills David the Emperor of Trapeznnd
I and his two Sons. The Duke of Tori ^ is (lain in Torkjhire .

Anno 1477. A Comet of the colour of Saturn appeared.
There enfued a moft terrible Plague. The Helvetians fiay
I 17000 Burgundians , and Charles their Duke. The Turky
1 wafte Carinthia 5 and the Tartars , Pcdolia.

Atmo 1492. A Comet for two months appeared in the
Heavens jit began in December a little after Sun-fet. A Rot of
great Potentates 5 Pope Innocent VIII. dies. Alphonfus King
of Portugal dies by a fall from his horfe. Frederic ^ Emperor
of Germany dies. Cafmer King of Poland dies. A great
part of Cracovia burnt.

Anno 1500. A Comet of wonderful magnitude Teen in
Aprils for 18 dayes together, in the figne Capricorn . Steno
King of Sweden , and the Queen of Bohemia , die. Millain re-
belleth, and is fuddenly fubdued again. Next year, ‘prince
Arthur dieth ; and To doth the wife of Henry Vll.of England .

Amioi*)06. there appeared two(Jomets\ the firilon the
j 11 of Aprils it lafted but 5 dayes 5 the fecond in Augufl fol¬
lowing. Alexander King of Poland dies. King of Spain dies.
Philip the Son of CMaximilian the Emperor dies.

lAnno 1512. There appeared a great Cowe* in Leo, Pope
Julius II. and Bajaztt Emperor ofthe Turky^d ies. John King
} of Smdland dies. James IV. King of S cot land , (lain at Flod-

G den- field.

(42)

dtn-feidi A great T l ague at Constantinople, whereof there died
160000 people. The King of Poland being at War with the
King of Mufcovia, kills 40000 of his men at a pitcht Battel.

. Anno 1521. Another Comet appeared. Pope Leo X. dies. j

Chrijfiernut King of Venmark, expelled 1 his Kingdom- The.
Emperor invades P icardie in France. King Heap V III. of
England, this year writes againft the Supremacy o t ie ope. |
Anno 1530. There appeared a Comet, that pafled through
all Cancer, Leo, and Virgo-, it continued a Month. In Hoi -
land there are no lefs then 404 Panjhes by an inundation
drowned, with all their People andCattel. T he 7nr^ take
huda in Hungary.' Cardinal Wooljey this year dieth.

Anno 1533. A Comet of wonderful magnitude appeared ;
it was a Retrograde one, and ran thorow all Gemini, lau,usy
tend Aries. Pope Qement VII. dies. Alpbonf^ DukeofFtv-
and the Duke of cMtUawd ie. Sedition and ftrange

rara . anu uic uukc ui - _ \ m „

fictions railed by the j4nabaftifts m Hungary*

A fiery Cornet appeared in the figne Piftg
with a very long tail .Charles Duke of C elder land dieth. The
next year jfoiwz Duke of C/m dieth. JcbnKing of Hun¬
gary dieth. George Duke of Saxony dieth. 1 1 aid a ErnpreC, of
Germany dieth ;fnd (hortly after, Katherine Queen of £«g-

'’"j mt- A C«»e* appeared in the in colour like
Hood. the Palattoe E/eOar die*.

dieth* And the Y „„„ Kukt Hrar* VllT of

breaks out“ And the Fmitfc Majfacre. King of

England , and Franc* 1. King of Fr^cr, both die. The

of a Spit >rpe.rfdio

the Monrhof A.g.fij of “J°" JhdfJSL

&rThTS“lS»toV.die? Qae«n kf.'tjfr

t'iXlS--. «*>“» r

Hafivky in my CdWH* GerwWW part. »• Pfc&S

Henry If. King of France (lain by running at Tilt. Pope. Path
IV. dieth. King of Portugal dieth. The Dukes of Venice and
I Ferrara die : and 15 Cardinals , befides many other Princes.

Anno 15 69. A Comet appears at the fetting of the Sun,
neer the Planet Jupiter 3 in 12 degrees of Capricorn . A
Famine in Auftria, Swcvia, Bohemia, Bavaria 3 ‘Rujity Li -
tuania, Joachimus II, Ele&or of Brandenhurgh dieth. And
a little after, 490000 People are drowned in Flanders and
| Hollandy befides Cattel.

Anno 1572. The Cometov new Star in the Chair of Caf-
fiopoeia appeared ; of which the famous Tycho Brahe wrote.
Sigifmand King of Poland dieth. A great Majfacre in France ,
t The Duke of Norfolk^ in Etigland beheaded. The next year,
the French King, Charles IX, dieth 5 a nd civil Wars thereby
arife in France . Now alfo was a great Kebellion in Ireland.

Anno 1577. Another Comet of great magnitude appeared,
v Sehaflian King of Portugal died the next year, of two
wounds which he received in his heady in his expedition for
A f rich. See his Nativity in my Col Cjenit. part. 1.

Anno 15^5* A Comet appeared many weeks together.
Ofman the Emperor of the Turks y and Stephen King of
| T olandy both die.

Anno 1602. Pi Comet appeared. Queen Elizabeth ofEng-
landd ieth. The Turks lofe Alba Re galls , and 60000 men.
The Spaniards invade Irelandy and are beaten back again*
The Swedes attempt Livoniay but in vain.

Anno 1607. Another Comet appeared, Charles Duke of
Lorrain dieth. Great Wars between the Swedes and Va?jes.

Anno 1618. A Comet appeared from the 26 of Novemh.t o
the end of Vecemh. following it was very great, and its tail or
dream of a very great length. The Emperor Matthias dieth.
And Anne Queen of England dieth. The Empreft of Ger¬
many, about this time alfo died. Many eminent Mutations
in all parts of Europe fucceeded this Comet .

Anno 1652, A Comet appeared in the fignes Gemini and
Tdnrus, frotnthe <?, (bme fay the n of Vecemh. to the 36
Thereof. The Englijb tiibdue Scotland $ and beat the Dutch
at Sea. Th e Englijh Parliament y firnamed, the Long7 turn’d

G 2 out

cue of doors by their own Army . Suddenly after, O.Cromwel
(a privateGentleman by birth, but then General of the Army )
affumes the Government of Great Britain. The King of the
Homans , and the Pope of Borne ^ in lefs then two years after
die. Strange and unheard-of alterations in Law and Govern*
ment here in England ; new Courts of Juftice 5 Council of
State \ 'jMajor-GeneralSy&.c*

Thus have I given you a brief account, of what hath fuc-
ceeded Comets &New Stars. And if you take a ft rift view
of what 1 have here Hiftorically written 5 you (hall finds,
that the death of Kings and great Perfnns , are the moft
eminent Concomitants of fuch Apparitions ; As if G O D
AND NATURE INTENDED BY CO¬
METS, TO KING THE KNELLS OF
PRINCES, ESTEEMING THE BELLS
IN CHURCHES UPON EARTH, NOT
SACRED ENOUGH, FOR SUCH IL¬
LUSTRIOUS AND EMINENT PER¬
FORMANCES.

SECT. 3, |

The probable Effects that may attend tbefe Comets

in general.

BY the fevered Relations I have mentioned in the former
Scftion, it is apparent > that there were two Comets: Al¬
though I confefs, at fit ft, I did (and many eminent Philofo - V
phers and AJironemers yet do) believe, that there was but one 1
but the matter is very cleer and demonftr ative ; for on Decem¬
ber 21. the fir ft was obferved in the later part o£ Leo ; and
there (as is fuppofed) it extinguifhed. And on Dccember zj.
my felf faw the other , in the beginning of Gemini which
was, but two dayes after . And if there were (as many would
have it) but one Comet ; that mult in 48. hours fpace, have
snoved little lefs then one Quadrant of the Circle ; its mo¬
tion muft have been fo prodigioufty fwift ! So that (if the
magnitude thereof, were fuch us Aftronomers generally con¬
ceive, viz neerly as big as the c JPlowy) would have been

more;

'S'Or.T- ' - m

(45) .

more amazing and unifying in its motion y then it is likely to
be in its effettsj or fignifi cations ; which I afluremy felf, will
not be mean. Andfol come to confider them.

The greateft Mafters in Afirologiey as Card anus , Haly 3 &c.
in the confideration of the effects of Comets or neve Stars , do
ufe to examine the Figures of the is^ere and Full-Moons^ pre¬
ceding fitch apparitions 5 which, if the true rife or begin-
ningoi’ a Comet were known, I efteem a moft rational way
or ground for the Artift to proceed on. 2$ut th e fir ft of elide
Comets being feen by fome in the middle , or toward the end
of November ; and by others y not until the middle of Decem¬
ber ; (nay, and perhaps it may fo have fallen out, that the
firft of them, may not ha ve feen its beginning by a fortnight
neither ; unto which in this manner of judgement he is con¬
fined! ) I altogether account itunfafe, and indeed, Anti -
Ajirological , to excogitate the effeds of that Comet thence*
Nor indeed, (hall I adventure to enquire after the later Co-
met s fignifi cations , from fo infirm a, ground 5 although (I pre¬
fume) l may much better, then the former 5 becaufe moft
relations feem to agree to a neernefs of time, for the beginning
or lirft appearance of that Comet. Yet, there being a pollr-
hilicy fora miftake in the Artift of its beginning like wife, l
(hall adhere unto fome more certain Rules ; and thefe (hall
be, by confider ing,

1. Their Nature or Quality.

2. Th e. parts of the Z odiac\ they, were vijSble in.

3 . Their colour and magnitude .

4. The part of Heaven unto which their [Iream pointed.

Firft, of their Nature and Quality. The nature or qua¬
lity of the firft ('omet, was Martial. As by information from
Paris in France , and Edenboroughm Scotland , by letters may
be known : which tell us, fometimes it appeared prichlie and
roughs and as it were ftuck^with nails ; and. fometimes again,,
the ftream iffuing from it7 was like a red flame out of the
mouth of a furnace.

A C om.etjub dominio Martis , 8cc. fay the learned in Aftro -
frgie, Portends peftiferous and horrible windes and tempeftsy an
ViP.ccation or drying up of Rivers and, F ountains .v a deftru&ion.

of

y

Ant. Phil
Satyr y.

I

x

• uo

of the fruits of the earth , byvermine and putrefaction. Fro -
digious and frequent thunders and lightnings 5 many fhip wracks
and Sea-fights ; Wars, quarrels, and contentions, tumults and
feditions , rebellions, majfacres, j laughters and bloodjhed ;
alteration of Governours and Governments 5 multiplicity of
Thieves and Robbers, both at Land and at Sea \ dejirutiion of
Governments, Laws, fujioms and C onftitut ions. Sic. JunCt.
fpec. A fir. de (fomttU.

Blood, Death, ^iTragick (lories, Wars doth yield 5
^4 Golgotha of Graves, whnfe purple field
jDy’d Crimfon zrnlS? hu fatal Mauicres,

Craves bloody Ink, and fcarlet Chara&ers.

A Pen that like a bullets force would reel

A Marble Confcience 1 - - - -

.

And if we confider the general cotifthution of things at
prefent, not only in Europe, but in every part of the world ,
wefhall finde that they incline to a participation of fuch cruel
(ffettsy and are in a manner fitted and pr epared for the ma -
lefique imprejficns thereof. A" Retrograde Star or (fiomet ,
(faith onr learned Countrey-manDr. Dee, Aphor. 83.) Jeems
to infringe the confiant Order of nature, in that it finifhes its
daily motion in fiorter time then the Equator itfelf doth. That
this Comet ryas Retrogradefis Jujficicntly proved', in as much as
it was obferved to move out of Libra into V'irgo , andfb into
Leo, where it vanifhed, being contrary to the order or fuc-

tejfion of Agnes, , '

Haly is of opinion, That a Retrograde Comet, figmficat
H£rejh,& Legtfm tnrbas,%CC. Prefageth Hcrefies, and many
different and various Laws : Then the which (faith he) none
are more cruel', feeing that in all other evils, men may know they
intend mifehiefs : But in the breaches and debates of Laws
and Herefies, and in Wars raifed by reafon of variety of Laws 5
whin men exercife their cruelty upon Inf amts and little chil¬
dren and hill men with 'torments and fire , lead away captives
into bondage, fpolle the fields, and defir oy whole Cities with
fire: fome think, they do God good fervice, others play the hypo-
1 criteii

v *

dritcs , 8tc. Comet* qul contra ordinem fignorumferuntur,fem~
per mutationem Legum portendmt . Thofe Comets or Blazing
Stars which are carried 'contrary to the fiiccelfion of fignes, ai-
wayes premonftrate alterations and changes of Lavas-, Cuftoms ,
a?td Conftitittionj. Thus then we fee, what elects are likely to
(licceedthis Comet, as it is in nature and quality, attributed
to the fiery Planet Mars. He isindeed,che Patron of'P a film',
and Me cams of Mifchiefs 5 and from him , is heat irritated
and kjndled in the breafts of men,, whereby they are provo¬
ked to anger ; then from anger } proceeds contentions and
quarrels 5 from them, wounds and bloody Wars ; from Wfcr,;
Victory emergeth; and from Victory, change of Kingdoms ,
and Republiques. EfFefts being thus concatenated to
their caufes , with what reafon or madefy , can or dare any
tagonift , longer reproach or viiiiie that J4rP, by 'which mem.
come to the knowledge of the heavenly Influences 5 and
without which, they (hall never be Surveyors of Natures
chief eft Dominions 5 as wanting the acquaintance of Homers
golden Chain , which links both Heaven and together >

The fecond Comet was of the nature and quality of Saturn
as appears by the feveral foregoing relations thereof ; and
was Retrograde , as the former 5. which will be a means of
doubling its effects.

1 i (frith F r an ci feus JnnBinusfyoL^i y.)any Cbme* fhall ap¬
pear De nafura S aturni, of nature, difpolkion and^

quality, z* bodes many pernicious and ftran^e evils to happen--
among men ; for he is an enemy to nature , and all natural exi -
flenciest and brings Famine , the Plague, Exile penury, grief ,
trouble and vexation-, and anabfilute deftruttion of all things
that grow on the earth , tifeful for manor beaft : Excejfive cold
Air, great f rafts and fhows ; tempeftuous windes

Jhipwrackjydnd damage in Navigation ; # deftruction and want
• of Fijh great inundations arid forms ; Locufts and CaterpiN
iirs in abundance , deftroying the fruits of the earth.

' And indeed, when we coniider thefe feveral dreadful hg-
nifications, it may put us all to (that which we harefo long:
abjured , and wickedly hated and contemned) our Litany
From War , Plague, zxvX Famine, Libera, nos D amine l Good

(4s) C

Lord deliver uf . For this fecond Comet , as if intended by God
and Nature , to precur and prefage more aftordfhing and bor - -
rid effetts, then ujual $ was concomitated with a moft ftrange
and difmal Prodigie , almolt at its firft appearance , viz. on
December 27. a relation whereof take as followeth, as it was
by Letter communicated to me, by my much cfieemed f lend
Dr. WiXliam Freeman , of Cranfield in Bedfordjhire - — — The
Comet / J'uppofe is no News to you , but I (faith he) will telly on
feme : That is, on die 6 Decemb.27. the appearance of a blew
and purple-colour, all full of leprous fpots, moji ugly to behold $
it was about 1 c deg. below the Pleiades ; and as much from the
Comet, making anEquilateral Triangle with them ; (as big
as five Moons) and it went with them , from 12 of the clocks till
day: It was round, but a moji loathfome thing to loo\up on. I
have never fince heard of it : the interpretation I leave unto
you , and remain , &c.

Not long before this, we had News of the ftiape of a
great black^C offin feen in the Air at Hamburgh, and other parts
in Germany and Flanders. And the very day that the laji
Prodigie was feen, 1 meet with (in our News-booky ) a Letter
dated from Erfort , viz. Decemb. 27. the contents whereof

are thefe . IVebave had our part here of the Comet, as

well as other places', befides which, here have been other terri¬
ble Apparitions, and noifes in the Airy as fires, and founds of
Cannon and Mufquet-Jkot : And here has HkfWije appeared fe -
veral times, ibereJembUnce of a Black-man, which has made
our Sentinels to quit their Pojis ; and one of them was lately
thrown down by him from the top of the W all.

Now, although 1 have no great faith in Apparitions of this
nature 5 (and fome reafons i have given in my Book of Prodi¬
gies wherefore J And knowing, that melancholy heads, by the
ftrength of fancy and imagination, may conceit they fee fuch
things, that really are not : yet, when fuch fancies {hall real¬
ly prepoflefs the general opinion 3 it is to be prefumed, that
fomewhat more then common, is contriving againft the genera .
lity of mankjnde. As we fee it in any individual perfon, that
is engaged in any bufinefs of concernment. If there be per-
turbatio mentis 3 or (as we ufe to fay) his heart mifgive him ,

or

or that he be in his oWn minde perfwaded, he (hall be worfi-
Cuj or come to damage in his under taking .* he is more then
half vanquished , before he come to the tryal.

Oat fears butapt and prepare us, for the embraces of that
mfchief we dread. And. indeed the World hath not of late,
vatuly feared fuch mifcbiefs as thefe Comets portend ; but as
(boil as they have begun to fear, they have been compelled
to jhare therein. I need not infiance. in the activity of the
jwora , or the incroachirg quality of the ftckneS's ; both which,
are playing their parts to pnrpofe, all Europe over j and will
more, within a few years. For the world mud know , and
helteve it for a truth, THAT COMETS ARE NOT
GONE, SO SOON AS THE Y DI SAPP EAR.
a the parts of the Zodiac they were vifibie in. The

nrlt Comet, had his progrefs from the beginning of Libra,
throrow C <rgo, and vaniihed in the later part of Leo.

If any Comet (hall appear in Libra, there will be many
thieves, thefts, and robbings on the high-way, much want and
poverty, 8tc. It alfojhews the death of fame King or great Per -
i fon ; great Slaughters and numerations ; plots, treacheries, and
| Secret contrivances, want of rain, horrible winder and Earth-
qua\es, dear years, little love or charity among men.
r ^ Comet in Virgo, Jignificat,&cc. Denotes a tborow purging,
of the Houfes and Courts of Kings, and the fad and wandring
condition of many Courtiers, their captivity or banijhment
confij'cation of their Goods or Ejlates ; damage to Merchants
and to men of all Sorts ; abortions to women, and the death of
many of the nobhr fort . \ J

Si apparuit infigno Leonn> &rc* If a Comet appears in the
ngne of the Lyon , Asfen will be prejudiced by wilde Beafis-y
olvesy and the lil^e ; Cor 22 will be dejiroyed in the fields by
worms and cater fillers* and the bafer fort of vermine do da-
mage -to mm in their Efiates, Sec. as IVeefels , Rats, Mice , &c,
the Nobility and Gentry fuffer many dolours. , and many of them
die. Wars among Kings, and a great effufion of blood in the
Maji part of the world .

Haly de jud. Afiror. pars 8. cap. 4I. faith, If a Comet (hall
ppeii in Libra, Significat quod populis faciet malum Regi , &

H pro-

■ proditiones coopertas. Si in Vitgine (faith he) fignificat quod
Me Rex JEgypti fitos interficiet inimicos, & accident eimulta
bella. At ft cafus Mefuerit i Leone, fignificat quod Rex morie-
tur Utabuhtur inimici ejus, & exibit de climate Babylonia
cut adverfahitur Regi,& faciet damnum. I need not Englifh
thefe Aphorifms, they being To plain and common to be Un-

derftood. .... r

The fecond Comet had its motion from the beginning of

Gemini , quite through Taurus, and extinguifhed, or difap-
peared in the later degrees of Aries . When a Comet appears
in Aries (faith Junttine ) it denotes mifchiefs and detriment
unto rich men , and the greateji of perfons that govern in
the Eajlern part of the world ; multitudes of miferies to the
vulgar 5 great preparations for War, and much bloodjhed; the
death cr captivity of fome great Prince or Princefs, 8cc. Great
droughts and dijeafes ; aRot or Murrain of [mailer Cartel ; the
loftiefl men are abajed, and the vilejl exalted Religion it felf
not fo much honoured as it ought to be. Daly faith, it fignines,
'That a great King of the Chriftans Jhall die ; and that toere
Jhall be Wars and Jirifes in the Land of Babylon. u

If a Blazing Star or Comet appear in Taurus , it bodes the
bad (late and condition of men, and a leffening of their For -
tunes ; they mil rebel againft, and injure one another : it fome-
times intimates the death of fome great man , mifchiefs, captivi¬
ties, and a licenfe of things unlawful : Detriment to great
Cartel j great windes 5 a corruption and putrefaPiion of Corny
cold and pinching winters. Earthquakes, great fick?iejfes, &c.
Haly faith, it intimates a depopulation of many Cities in the
Land of the Chriflians ; and a great mortality in the Kingdom
of Babylon* Signifcat quod multa civitates depopulabuntur
in term Chrijiian9rum , & quod accidet mortality in terra

Babylonia. .

Si apparuit aliqua ex jlellis Cometis, &c. Jf any Comet jhau
appear in Gemini, it foretokens much wantonnefs , and many for¬
nications among men , and that theyjhall be in love with inceftu -
ous courfeSy they will neglePi goodnefs , and the true worfhip and
reverence of Cjod \ Religious perfons had in low efteew. It alfo

intimates Jirifes, quarrels , controverfies and contentions \ grie-

' VOUS:

vohj difeafes , whereof many 'children die', many abortions, and
damage to women with child ; a defirullion of Birds , Famine $
thunder and lightning', lofty winder, tearing down trees by the
roots . Haly fayes, 7 here jh all happen many ftrifes and conten¬
tions in the Countreys fubjeft to the Chriflians ; and that the
King of Egypt Jh all die , and there Jhall reign in bisjlead a very
bandfom, beautiful, lovely, and weU-made man ; and there will
alfo hapfen infirmities, and a mortality in the Kingdom tf/Perfia.
Significat quod accident rix* in terris Chrifiianorum,& moriz-
tur Rex /Egypti,^ reguabit loco ejus homo for mo fus & habilu 5
& mortality & infirmitas accidet in terra F erfi<e,part 8 foLult.
Thus much may ferve for to be fpoken of the parts of the
Zodiack,, wherein thofe Comets were vifible 5 and what they

particularly portend in each of them.

Thirdly, The colour and magnitude of the Comets . 1 tie

firft of them you have already heard, was mtilant or fiery, and
of the nature of Wlars*, for the colour of a Comet declares

the nature of the Planet which governs it: Color enimfigni-

ficat naturam Vianet* dominantU : And the effe&s will (no
doubt') be anfwerable to the colour thereof. The colour of the
later Comet waspa/e and envious, and nothing fo glorious as
( report makes) the former, Stella, quo magi s eii lucida, eo no-
bilions cenfetur natur <e. By how much the more bright or lucid
any Star or Comet is, by fo much is it prefumed to be o£ a

more noble nature. _ r

And although both thefe Comets are the meitengers oi ca¬
lamities, and triftitious events tobefal qiankinde > yet th t firft
(for his luftre) compared to the fecond, will be in its effe& s,
much the Nobler. The f word is an enemy, that by the [word,
aman of refolntion and magnanimity may contend with, and
be in holes of a Pillory ; But the Vlague and Famine are ad-
verlaries there is no fence for, or defence againfi; the later,
moft certain; unlefsCM of his mercy, before-hand, fend
a Jofeph to provide a remedy ! They arefo fure an ambufh ,
that the fubtilty of all the Uachiavils in the world cannot
deflroy, or enervate : Enemies that the ftouteji of men cannot
take a revenge upon; though they fee their deareft friends

murder d by them, before their faces ! whereas the edge os
■ H 2 ' the

thejharpeft fmrdmij be Umtf^ ^B^hold^ Pen!
contefij prevented j at leaft mitigated* o

This is to argue too much for humanity . » ^ y j, >.

refined fence, I acknowledge with the l % *

letter for as tcrfajl into the hands of Co , t en > . j 0f

The magnitude of thefirft

ehe/ccW, not meanly great. toi,t - 7 thjfeaft tweive

fervation, the later was at fome ti ^ have met

inches qytameter-, the former, by . 1 el thei,; ^r and vc
with) was much h'Kgw • which mtimat . ^ -j uv z\\mmm •

bemency oftheir effeSs. Fork ^ °f™e(lter anJ Star or
eft fella, eo ell efficacior . g, «• «. tkereof

Comet *, the more eminently efficacious f^eeffi ■Os thereof

he. But for the meffure of time m e ft therefore crave
ments, Aftrologic it felfis*/e&m, an m^ ^ notaffigne (as

the excufe of the indulgent Reade> , t beginning, or

fome have done) from my own conception 5 fc
termination unto their phylical Effects. rr

^re/eger, indeed tell us, that an 0« £ m"’
fuddenly (hew its effects ; but an Occidenta ^ ci/£«r
liber ately and (lowly. Comet a Orient jits eff other
ojlendit ficcidentalis tardm.^M neither P we might

yflrologer, hath left us any efpecial Ixule > Cardan it is

know, the precife beginning of a cf”etsjS‘ f Comets ill the

true, would have us fuppofe that the # 5 ^

beginnings, are like Ecltpfes ; defei r ■ • - t]ie Comet ,

as there (hall be ineq-ualWrr interceptedb^^ ^ rf
and the Afcendent of the Figure fet to th , - — /-as i

appearance But the din’s conceit

have urged before) is not ealily obtainea ,

thereof, i* not therefore to be put mpra^i^ unt0

But Lafllj, 1 come to conlider t P cf them

avhich their ftreams or »«»( pointed. nointed direftly

pointed j^orth-tCeji by Wefi>. The fecon , p

Korth- gafl by 'E*ff ■ _ alwayes found cooperate

The fignifieations of Comets ar y &c, unto

Bioftftrongly uponthofe Kingdoms* gpc* as all

which they pomt or extend their beams otrayes,^ ^

I

■ Aftrologers confent. Ptolomy in Ins £)uadr if Jib. 2.cap.8. faitbs
That thofe places that are menaced and tbreatned with the
dire cffefts of Comets, are \nown by the parts of the Zodiack
in which they are p of, ted $ and unto what part or parts of Hea -
ven, they extend their rayes . Hence, I conclude, that the Ar¬
rows of Gods anger (in theefifeftg before-mentioned) prefaged
by the Apparitions of theft Comets , will he principally leftell’d
at the E aft and Weft parts of this earthly Globe : Not, that
the Northern parts wherein we live, will be totally free, but
fubjeftto a competent participathm of the miferies and cala*
mities thereby denounced ; yet not, in any refpeft, e<jual unto
the Eaftern and Weftern Countreys becaufe they (hared {b
powerfully of their Kayes,

I (hall mention the particular Kingdoms and Gomtreys
herein concerned, in the next Section ; andfo haften to a con-
clufion of this more prolix Vifc our fe, then I at the fiift in¬
tended.

i ft \ * ,Vb> ■ ft • , ’ }

SECT. 4.

The Particular Relation thofe Comets have,. to divers King¬
doms and Countreys, Emperors, Kings, & c,

THe Kingdoms and Countreys , &c. fub}e$: unto the efle^s
of thefe Comets , are thofe under Libra , Virgo , Leor
Gemini, Taurus, and Aries 5 becaufe, either in part or in
whole, the Comets were vifible in thofe Signs s . What King¬
doms and Countreys, &c . thofe are, fee my Dottrine of Na¬
tivities, part.. 1. cap. lo.pag. 83, 84,85. A part of them I
{hall for my prefenc purpofe here mfkvt,viz. uftria , AN
fatiay Livonia, Sahaudia, Thufcia , ^Aehaia, Greece, Corin-
t-bia , Rhodes , Mefopotamia , Affyria , Babylon , Gallia > ltalyy,
Bohemia, Turkje , Sicilia ft Phoenicia, Sardinia , Lombardy ,
Flanders , ^Armenia, Hircania , Ireland, Ruffta, Lorrain , <To-
Ionia , Campania , Helvetia , Franconia, Perfia, P arthia , Rhe -
England , France , Germany , Denmark^, Swecia , Syria,
Paleftina ; with many more Kingdoms and Countreys too
iong to be remembred. Some of the principal Czfiejare
thefe following-—1 ^ftBomnia,Sena, Mantua) Parma, Lucerne ,,

NantZfr

BrifioL Corinth , Jerufalem, Novaria , Cuma, Brunduftum,
Lyons i ‘fbolofe, Bafil, Paris, Heidelbtrg, , Lfr&w, v4rles,Tla-
centia Spires, Antwerp, F rankf or d, Vienna : Cum multts
aliit . All which Kingdoms and Countreys, may with an ab-
folute and true grief bemoan themfelves, and repent* for the
fad effects thefe Monitors of Heave?ry (the Cornets') particular¬
ly and in a peculiar fence , threaten them withal. And be-
caufe I would not be too large in my repetitions (though, as
Cardan faith, feg. 4- Aphor. 85- ^petitio neccjfaria eft in hoc
fcientia ) I will give thofe feveral Kingdoms y &c. mentio¬
ned, the words of Vubartas , (as paraphrafed by our Coun¬
try-man Joft Silveder ) wherein they may fee the effects that
by thefe Comets are threatned to befal them, contracted , for
their better confederation, and caution, thus.

The Blazing Star,

Threatning the world with Famine, Plague and War :

To Princef, Death l 7 o Kingdoms, many Croflesj
To all Eftates, inevitable Lodes 1
ToHerdfmen, Rot ; to Plowmen, haplefs Seafons ;

To Sailors, Storms •, 7o Cities, Civil Treafons ! ^

The firft of therc fimets was vifible in the Midheaven of
die King of Spain % Nativity ; and thefecond was feen in his
fixth and feventh houfes j as may be feen by the Figure
thereof.

ii

C55)

And JunUinus (ayes, If a Comet appears infigno Medii codi ,
in the figne of the Midheaven of a Nativity, if portends great
danger (if not an abfolute deftru&ion) of the Natives digni¬
ties and honours. This great Prince therefore, hathgreat rea-
fort to look about him, and with prudence take heed, that he
be not infatuated , and fettered by his "Nobles y and thole of
greateft command in his Dominions : This Comet is a Monitor
of eminent prejudice to befal him \ if not with much caution
and care avoided. It fell alfo in his ninth houfe, as if it par¬
ticularly threatned fome eminent lofs unto him at Sea> as well
as treachery and trouble to him in his Courts at home ! his
Silver-fleet may be in danger of coming jhort home $ his

I other actions that are maritime , fubjeft to a ftrange Ketrogra -
dation: every matter or thing of eminent concernment , that
he hath now on foot, goes but unfortunately and unfuccefsful -
ly onward : He Will be plagued with falfe znd.treacherous Of-

peers

iV

fleers', his/erz^fJ’and thofe about him will be perfidious unto
him, inafmuch, as one Comet falls in his fixth Houfe 5 yet
will they fuffer much damage, and undergo many jmows 5
many of them will be put to death , and many iofe their Ho *
nours and Officers: nor will this great Frinces enemies have
much caufe to rejoyceathis miferies , although they Ihould
terminate in, death: for I allure my felf, that many of them
will drink deep of the cup of affliction with him •

Spain it felf in general is not menaced ; yet Auftriay and
very probably, the Houfe or Family bearing that Name , are
particularly and moll: eminently concerned in tbefe Comets
effetts : As by the Catalogue of places, fubjeft to the in and
fury of thefe coeleftial Frodigies , before-going, may be feeti.

The firft of thefe Frodigies fell in the very Afcendent of the
young King of Sweden $ which conlidered, together with the
Sun in that Frinces Nativity^ now dire&ed ad quadratum
turni , to the (quare of envious Saturn(jx Planet obviating his
Horojcope at birth) doth denounce much infelicity to happen
unto that illuftrious Ferfony both oFforraign and domeftick^con-
cernment.'

69.54.

VY ^

->

Carolus Guftavus II.
Rex Sweetie,
Nat. 165 5.

Nov. 24. S. V. 1 1 h.

54m. <p. M.

Lat. Stochfjolme ,

» **^ad □$.

iP

©

v.

N:

V. X, V

6*

V

Li'

; ' - ' , ( 57 )

The fecond Comet , happen’d in this Princes ninth houfiy
and began (as neer as can be conje&tired) in the exa£t Qua-
j dr ate place of his Moon. If Comets in the ninth houfe (accor¬
ding to the 206 Aphorfeg.2.of Cardan ) change Lawj^and ftir
up [edition in the brains of menygenerally : Then will this Comet
make great alterations in S m dl and Jbe fort its ejfetts have done
operating. It is indeed a Kingdom very much accuftomed to
Wax ; the people thereof being a hardy jlrong fort of men ,
able to endure the heat of Battely and the hardship that at¬
tends it. And now, no queftion, w ill they once again be put
to the tryal 5 whether by inteftine divifions among themfelves,
or by reafon of differences with the Polander or Vane, See*
I I take not on me to determinerbuc mod afiuredly , either the
one, or the other, or both, will give opportunity for the be¬
ginning of much Unhappinefs unco the Swedes in general ,
and to the King of them in particular. 1 am apt to believe,
(and I have good grounds in AJirologie to encourage me)
that this Prince will, before the ejfetts of thefe Comets are
half over, be compelled to yield to the grave, non obftante
the greateft care, that can be ufed by the able ft Phyficians in
Sweden. Hear Origanus of the effefts of © ad □ T* (which
dire&ion in his Nativity, fo unhappily concomitates the Co -
! met ) Sol ad □ Saturniy valetudini grave & acerbum pericu-
lumy dextro oculo malumy & violentum cafum vel ab equo vel
I ddiftcio indicit : Jmplicat etiam natum detrimentis fubftanti £
& bonorumy qua a raptnis & expilationibui fervorum atq 5
rufticorum froveniunt : bonorum quoqi detur.bationem fignificaty
\ & in maritimu mercibus damna & naufragta . ~Deniq\paren\es
fejungity & nato orbit atis ajfert incommoda .

Thefe cruel effeftsy I fay, being concomitated by thefe two
cxleftial Apparitionsy and in fuch peculiar manner, as hath
been before remembred ; do not meanly or vainly threaten
this Princely Native with his expirationjbut denounceth mod
terrible things unto that Nation , or People he governeth 5
giving them in earned, tounderftand the wife mans expert -
encey who with good ground pronounced long agoy a n we to
that Kingdom or NationyWboft King or Governour is a childe .

Thcfirftof thefe Comets fell in the Midheaveny and place
I . I of

(58) ,

of Sol) in the gtniture of the active and valiant French King ;
And that part of the Zodiac ^ all dftrolcgers allow to be the
Afeendent of the Metrop oils of France , viz. Farit. Much of
this Comets effects will therefore be poured out upon that
Kingdom *, and that illuftriousFrince, byreafonof the obftu
naejy mlfulnefs , and feditioufnefs of many of his own Jubjcfi/,
(and thofe riot mean ones neither) will (offer much perplexity
and damage, both at fatfie9 and in parts remote 3 where he
hath any power or authority . It doth net, (by reafon df the
ftrermity of his own fate) threaten his perfon much ; yet
will his Honour be fubjett to a deliquium , and his power, be
in part, Eclipfed : Godpreferve his Kingdom from any more fuch
rebellions as happened in the thirteenth year of his Age , nohen
his chief eft City (hut their gates upon him\ and keep" his fiibje&s
from private Maf acres at home and abroad; and from any
more, fuch a terrible fate, as they lately pertook of, by an
underhand treachery (as is ftrongly fuppo fed) at

The Nativity of this great Monarch , I have printed among
my Colic tiio (jeniturarnm , part, i.fol. 39. and for perfual
whereof, thither I refer the ingenious and defirous Reader.1

Nor, will either of thefe Comets or Blazing Stars in their
effects much concern his Imperial Majefty: neither of them
falling in any principal place of his Genitun9 in refpefi: either
of the Zodiac!^) or of the portions of his Luminaries . . They
point out rather, much infelicity and damage unto his . ene -
mieS)bothpabliqueandprivate 5 by reafon of their infefiing.
fuch parts of his Nativity, as have relation to, and fignifica-
tionof,them. This great Emperors fad and differing fate
(occafion'd by his Midheavens occurfe, ad oppofitum Solis , to
the oppofition of the Sun) is fully over , and bimfelf no
more (in many years) fubjeft unto any fuch like cruel ca*
lamities , as then befell bimfelf , and Empire. See his Nativity,,
as by a very good Friend it was refpe&ively communicated
to me, and fince by me verified,

■ v ■ . < ' :ti f to. 1 r * : <;•'

— *• i

He is now under the happy effecls of O &d Aniifc,pro-
pritimyofthe Sun to his own Antifcion : which befpeakes him
eminent and honourable in his undertakings all the time the
effe&s thereof (hall laft 5 which will be, until his Medium
Cxlt by progrelhon come to the S extiler ayes of Marst viz •
his 27 year of Age. At what time he will undertake fome
more then ordinary matter in hand > and will employ his
jinnies againft Come forratgn Foes ; who will nioft certainly
feel the force of his Military power : perhaps be employed
in the regaining, many of thofe Forts and Cities, that the
7W^,(that grand enemy to Chriftendom) hath by encroach¬
ment and treachery formerly gotten from him, and his A
ceftors. * '

Howbeit, I mnft acknowledge that the Afcendents
curfe adCiA.Q to the Contra- Antifcion of the Sun, may
gife him fome minute dtjturbance in his greateft affairs at the

I 2 pre-

(60)

prefent>and moft part of this year (I mean only till toward
June next, for then his year begins.) Nay, it is moft probable 9
that th trough and furly bonifications thereof have been a
main impediment or hindrance of the flow coming of his
illufiriouf Bride . Is not Soly Domhm feptiw* 3 Lord of the
feventh Angle, in his Nativity ? He u : and hath a moft natv
ral fignification, of fuch matters er affairs. But this is moft
certain, that neither this infelicity, nor any other , of any
other kinde whatfoever, can laft long, upon this Jlluftrious and
mighty Native / of fuch fignal force and efficacy are the be¬
fore-mentioned dire&ions unto him-— I have the rather
publifhed this great Prince his Nativity, that tho ie filly A 'ftro -
logers^vi ho are ever , nowand then, (without Reafon or Art)
canting the dtftru&ion and mine of Germany y and the utter--.
extirpation of the Honfe of Auftria, may hereby fee their er¬
ror l NEITHER OF WHICH, SHALL THEY
(WHO SO WRITE) OR THE YOUNGEST
CH1LDE ALIVE, EVER LIVE TO SEE:
NAY, THEY SHALL (TO THE SHAME OF
THEIR INVECTIVES) MANY OF THEM
IN SHORT TIME, BE SENSIBLE OB THE
DIRECT CONTRARY.

1 he effetis of the fii ft of thefe Comets will be moft emi¬
nently manifeft in Rome, th t Comet it felf expiring in the As¬
cendent of that great and eminent City , viz. the cceleftial
figne Leo. Howbeit, 1 cannot, l dare not (with fome Entbu -
pafts) fay, that it any manner of way threatens that ftately -
place with mine or deftrufiion 5 or that it doth (by any Rules
in Aftrologie ) point at the abfulute Cataftrophe of the Papal
<y>ower , or Catholic Religion. But very rationally it may be
concluded, that the prefent Bijhopof Rome, Pope Alexander
the feventh , will be moft fignally concerned in the great effefls
of this Coele(lia! Prodigie 3 and truly I am apt to believe,
unto death: In that it happened in the Afcendent of that great
Church-mans Geniture 3 and was obferved to appear firft, up¬
on the radical place of his CMoon. Efpecially confidering that
he hath now operating^ his Sun ad oppofitum Saturni , to an op-
jpofition of the hateful Planet Saturn} and this inth c eighth
' ^ Houfty

(6 1)

Heptfe) the mod dolorous place of the whole Heavens •: And
in a figne that Saturn moft of all is at enmity with 5 it being
oppofitc unto thatpart of the Zodiac^ wherein he is exalted 5
and therefore ’tis prefumed be will the more forcibly dart
his envy thereat.

See this gmu and eminent Church-mans Nativity , ptiblifhed
in my Collection of Geniturej 0 pag. 75. part 2.

Many other Princes there are (\vhofe Nativities my good
fortune hath failed to acquaint me with) who no doubt are
moft remarkably menaced by the apparitions of thefe Comet?*
Whom, together with all other perfons^of what degree or
quality foever ; if they (hall have either e^r/Vj, €Taum , or
Gcminiy leoyVirgo> or Libra , either their Afcendem Mid-
heaven^ or places oftheir Sun or Moon in their reipe&ive Na¬
tivities^ I would have them to tal^e notice , that the Comets ef¬
fects do principally concern them ! chiefly, fuch , that have ill
directions operating , and any of their Hylegiacals in ibejigner
Virgo or Taurus tfor that the Comets faffed quite through tbofe
fgnes 3 when as* they but Shortly touched upon any of the
other.

Several other matters might have been brought within the
verge or compafs of this difcourfe 5 which left I ftiouid fwell my
book above its limits intended, I forbear mentioning. Only,
one thing I adjudge necejfary to minde the judicious T{eader of\
that is, about the time in which thefe effeCts may operate : and
now, although I have mentioned Something thereof before,
yetd hold it proper here further to acquaint him, that the
ejfetis hereof may fuddenly begin, though not viflbly to ap¬
pear. It is indeed, an Aphorifm among tAftrolcgersy that cor¬
pora caeleflia non agunt in inf anti , fed cum tempore : but this
is to be underftood, only to an ocular vifion of things. As
we fee not the Springs until when the Sun enters

Aries \ or zchilde^ until it be born $ yet without all dbubt,
nature is never idle, but conftandyat work; and there is a
Spring in January and February although* invifible to us*
and the childe doth grow in the wonthe of its Mother , albeit
we fee it not until the birth. So Comets have their ope^
nations, firftitithc humours 9 then in the minder of men\ and

aftes

(62) .

after chat by degrees they are apparent in their anions ! For
it is in heavenly influences , as in terrene births : There is fir ft,
a coition or confortion ; then a conception^ or treafuring up the
matter (thereby attrafted) for a certain feafqrt^ that it might
the better receive its due form and imprejflon : And laftly,
from thence (in time convenient)there iffnes a Produftion---
Thus nature^ in every thing works (jradatim: that it may
avoid monflrofuie and be proportionally able, in every of
its effeCis-, to declare the immenfe perfections of that abfolute
and unerring Primum mobile , jYjod Almighty !] who is, the
alone Father and ‘producer of all C O M E T S 5 and of all
other (whether C OE L E S F I A L, or 1 ER RE S T R I-
A L,) P R O D I G I E S.

CHAP. IX,

> Of the Third and laft Comet.

IT is a thing fb rare and uhufuai , for to have three Comets
•in a year j nay ,fometimes in an Age : that we may proper¬
ly term tbis9 wherein we live, not only, ANN IIS (fed
y£T AS) Ml R AB1LIS! not only, aWONDER-

FUL YEAR, but AGE.

Some there are,that would willingly have it, that we have
not had THREE COMETS, but ONE only 5 and
that having its motion in an Arch of a great Circle^ hath fome-
time been hid from our fight } and at other times , vifible to
us. And to ftrengthen this opinion , there is one^ ( Jtfonfieur
Auzoutj a French-roan (and great Mathematician) that is
faid to have predicted its motion , from firft, to laft. Which,
with what probable pretence of truth , or certainty, he hath
fo done 5 I muft acknowledge, beyond the Perimeter of my

underftanding . < ; I

The feveral Agesy that the mrld hitherto can boaft of,
have not attained unto fuch a degree of p erfettion, in the itioft
common cceleftial Phenomena s *, as to fit down in the full fa*

tis faCtion of any one principle thereof, though never fo mean .

Nor

(*?)

Nor can the bed of Afironomers (unlefs comparatively ) cry
E Y P H K A ! to any one/? articular enquiry . Jf any one Age ,
could pride it felf,in the bringing any one Science to perfection,
[l mean fo abfolute, that in after Age# it fhould not admit of
emendation ] the generations to come, would want encourage*
meiit (in fuch Science ) for jlndy. Diligent fearch after the
dernonjlrations of Arts , makes them delightful to the en¬
quirer, The Game affords no pUaJhrc , that is as toon take*', as
fprung, And it is the mfdrrm of the gr&tf Creator, to referve
the ahfolute perfeUign of things to him fd/ j that men by their
ferutiny, (meeting with a comparative, perfection) may
thereby be taught to admire hint, who inhabits perfeCion ,
and h the fame bimfelf. On this fide heavtn, men mull: never
expeft (in any thing exa&ly) to finde the Obelisks end in a
Point.

Whence I argue, If men are fo apt to fall fhort of perfection
fa tboje things , that they are familiarly acquainted with, and
fuch that feem to i^ave rational and demonjirative limits and
boundaries: what inuft they be prefumed to do, in thek ad¬
venturing to appoint Laws unto fuch Appearances , that they
have feldome any fight of, or acquaintance with > — — Men may
as well Statute the vaindes in their progrefs, as truly, to pre -
feribe or prediC, the way, or motion of Comets, If the Planets
themfelves, admit of inequality in their motions, furely Co¬
mets and New* Stars, cannot but be liable to a far greyer va¬
riety, and incertainty , in their courjls $ yea, fuch an inequality,
that is not to be preappointed, or predicted, by the wifeji of
mortals .

In the form erpart of this Treatife, I have proved that the
Comet which firfi appeared, was a different Comet , from that
which was vifible to us, at ft vriffmafs ; And it is very rational
to believe, that this pre fent Comet , is a diflinC one, from
that. For,

1. That Comet, was of colour pale, a nd envious • this Co -
met, yety fplendid and Orient j lovely to behold*

2. The ftrtam of that Comet' pointed fNorth-Eaft 5 the
fiream of this, tapers upwards, like the flame of a torch

- or candle*

3. T hat

g. That (Jomn was vifibh alwayes in the evening \ this C<?«

met, had its regency in the morning,

4. That Comet , was fometimes feen without a [Iream 5

Comet, alwayes, with one .

5. The Diameter of the head of that Comet, was feldom
above three inches ; but of this Comet , common y lix
inches •

6. That Comet afcended in the South-Eaft part of Heaven 5
this Comet alwayes arofe, in the North-Eaft*

And fhould it (for all this)be the fa me Comet, all the Jons .
of Vtania, might juftly ftand and wonder !

Some there are again, that would, not only have up-
pofe, the three late Comets to be but ONE; but that UNfc,
which appeared Anno 1652. and they prefume, that omets
accomplijh their Revolutions, in twelve years*, and come mgs

to the fame place again. , , ,

If this notion could claim any juft title to truth why had
we not a Comet Anno 1640 > and Anno 1628 > And why did
notthe Comets that appeared Anno 1618. fhew themfelves
two years before ? fince, by this Revolution indulg to omets,

it mull of neceffity lb have been.

Again, if the late Cmets, (honld have been therewith
that Anno 16*2. \t would fo much augment ;Dr. Fully bis
wonder ; as to drive him, and his followers to ajhntfimerit, , (at
leaft) \( not beyond the force of Hellebore. For (faith he) it
muff needs be a wonderful deal of matter, that can gtvefomuc
nourishment for fo great and fervent a fire, an fir Jo ong a
time, viz. either 7'dayes, 40 dayes, or 6 months, the longefi

and Jhortefi times of

P* And if it be a wonderful quantity of matter, that muft n°“*
rifli a Comet, for 7, 40, or 182 dayes; what an ^ Art
vafimafs of matter, is there required to the feeding ofa
met s flames, fori 2 years together ? and then the fame

“SStarchc. » ,«»r'lrh!*kr

great deal of good pains) tells m-Mat. from the year 480.
ante (fhrifium, to the year 1618. pfi Cbriftum ; there

\

/

i been 154 Comets* Bufy according to this fuppofition, of their.
Revolution every twelve years ; we fhould in that time >
have hadneer 180 5 fo that we {hall be at a lofs (by this
manner of computation ) of very neer 3 o Comets . But I need
not labour further in this Argument *, llnce it is rationally
to be prefumed) that the Author of this fancy -full opinion ,
had not fooner given it a being , then he perceived an

impossibility ) of its long exi fling. And fo I return to
the Comet again.

, This third Comet , is much of the nature and colour of the
firft ; only a little more jovial . For the firfl (by all relati¬
ons I ever met with) was purely a Martial Comet 5 bur this
hath a mixture of Jupiter and Mars together. And it will
no doubt quick?*3 the effects of the other Comets ; bur fo} as
to accelerate and difpatchthem ; and not fi ffer them ^ to be
zlwayzsharrafsing, the (almoft) heartlefs world. The hgni-
ficationsof Jupiter) are benefiq ue and aufpicious 5 but being
joyned with Mars9 they not only receive an abatement > but
will be fomewhac the longer 3 before they (hew fhemfelves.
For impoTibie it is, there can be any room or place for benign
influences to appear, while the forcible rays of mi f chief are
from a- contrary caufe darting furioufly at this lower
world* ■

It is very feldom (it ever)feen> that falubrious weather)
and violent thunder and forms , falute the earth at once.
Mars muft withdraw his furicus Artillery 9 and Saturn his
envious influence s9 from this terrene Globes before "Jupiter
Can appear with his more comfortable rays, to refrefh, what
they have wearied 5 heal what they ha ve wounded* Gold n£-
ver mixes with bafer metals: noble natures feldbm delight
in ignoble company. Good and bad are oppofltes ; and they
never c one or par at e t it is by accident) they ever accompany
each other. Sure I am, as great a vein of happinefs9 is p:o-
naifed unto mankindby this Comet 9 (as iris in part attributed
to Jupiter) as (almoft) of infelicity denounced, by the other
iwo • and the worfer influence of this.

What fhould the mixture of Jupiter with (Jlfars herein
mean ? unlefs a R emonftrance of mercy 9 from the God of

K \ mercies^

mercies, unto in general* after fo great Sufferings

and unbappineffesy to them threaded by the former C«ww f
W hat the tapering of this Comets fiream or r^5 fo cireftly
upward? but an intimation of the rifolmion of Heaven, to
become Vmpirefgs it were) at length, of all the differences
and diftratt ions, attong ?rinces>?otentates, dec. and indeed,
among alikjndes a hdfpecies of men ? And to acquaint them
that interejh hypocrifie^-znd treachery are no ingredients-
proper, whereof to make up the foveraign Balfom of Happi -

nefs) Peace, and Plenty* I

What this ternary of Comets , one in the rear of another f

but to let us knew? that the variety of mif chiefs? &c» con¬
stantly pra&ifedand promoted among men,are not to receive
an abatement , but by the hand of Heaven ? No care is to be
found for the maladies procured by Mar s s influences) but
by the divine JEfculapius, thzffhyfician that never fails his
Patient* From»0»4 can mankinds expe£l unity* but the cce -
leftial Trinity !

I might enlarge much upon this prefent Comet , and its
Unifications; for there is boch good and bad, thereby por¬
tended. Th zgoed I have touched upon, in general ; and it
will be welcome when it comes 5 there is no cjuefiion. ■ For the
bad hereby declared, fince it little concerns thefe parts of
Europe* wherein we live 5 and feemsto refpett the more re¬
mote Eafiern Qomtreys ; Turks* more then Chriftiatis: l
(hall defire to be excufed from any further difeourfe *

thereof. * ■-

Only,becaufe it firft began in the Horofcepe of the Grand

Self mors Nativ'm, and there yet concinueth: I ftiall af-
fame the liberty of fabjoplng- hereunto, that mighty Mo-
mrehsqemmre. And thtrather, forthat>by/r««i/*(mrny
dies HovlJJimm ) I am thereunto ergaged.

- r y y

. V ✓

(87)

K . « * ' “ \

*Tbe Nativity of theprefem Emperor of Turky*

' rt > i ■ 1 • s >» »

» ♦ * ' 1 , ' * 9

His Migkt/md puff ant Prince' { as I have it from a
Very good hand) was born at Confiantinople3 Anno
i6\\>onfanuar) the fi r if day> 7 h. 3 6. min. mane.
S.T^and after the manner of vulgar reckoning. But ac¬
cording to Agronomical computation? he was born on ‘De¬
cember 31. 19 h. 3 6 m. P. M. the elevation of the Pole of
birth> according to Origanus{ whom in this nativity I ftri&ly
follow) 1S345 d. % m. And the Planets places botiyn Longi -
ttide and Latitude^ are thus.

Longit. V Unit arum.
d. m.

5) 12. 10. 5

s3. 5 6.

Tr 3. 13. X

% 1 4. 21. £»

6 . r. st-i,

$ i o.; 47. S *

g o. 2%- v? R«

Latit* Vianet arum.

d» m.

3) 4. 4^. Septentr .

* —

6* o. lQt P

5 i* 2 jib> Septentr*

2 2* id.N

the Sun

The right Afcention of ^ ^me . _

The right Afcention of the Midheaven \

fine Circulo—*- _ — _ **

The Oblique Afcention of the Horofcope 305. Z\

For the Tenth and fourth Angles.

R. A. Af. C . is, 2 1 6 d. 2 m.

d. m.

1

4. m

%.A. 1 1 6. 2

L. A. 21 5; 37.

Ill o. 59. 6

If 59 m. give 60 m. what 2- S m. ? Anfwer, 2 ^ m .fere. Ergo ,
the Cufps of the M.C * pd AC. are m, *5, o d. 25 m.

Ks Vo:

/

Uo)

For the firft and feventh Angles.

O. A . Horofc.is^otf d. % m.

• d. d .

m.

m. dv>

O. A 306. 2.
L* A . 305. 2o»

42,

l:r | o. 58.

If 58 m.give 60 m. what 42m. ? Anfwer>43 m.which leaves
the Cu(ps of the firB 5c feventh Angles in d.43.m.

'Note, that I purpofely emit Equating for the odd 5 m.
o£ Latitude: the matter being purely tnconfiderable , and no
wayes advantageth the truth in thefe manner of operations;
nor yeti augmenteth Error* \

The Figure follows.

216 d. i.tr. * :

,fT

• £

c

The true Pofition of
Heaven* at the birth
* of the Grand Seignior,
lAnno 1 64^
T)ecembt 3 1 . 1 9 h. 3 5 m.

T.M.

Latit.C0»/?rf«f,43 d.$ nv

(di)

7£e Fortitude f and Debilities of the Planets*

0 is ftrong by 2."V
"h is ftrong by 1 8. 1
U is ftrong by 2 r. 1
6 is ftrong by 12, i— A.

, 9 is ftrong by i7. >Teft, monies.

5 is weak by 24.

2> is ftrong by 12.

© is ftrong by j.}

Several Reafons confirming this, to be the Nativity
of the Turkilh Emperor*

1. ^I^He Scheam it felf, carrieth no mean Arguments of

JL illufirioufnefs and power , and mightinefs of addon in'
it : (1) In regard all the Planets are in the amending part of
Bea ven. ([2) The two great Luminaries of Heaven 3 (which
are the infallible procurers of popular honour and fame ) are
pofitedin the Horofcope y and in exaft S extile of the Medium
Cotlu (3) A greac reception of Saturn and Jupiter ; and a
Sextile of the fortunate q>lanets. (4) The Figure it felf, h
•needy the fame with great Auguftus Ctfar's 5 and (in fome
refpe&s) more mighty and pore erf, »/, then his: yet not fo du¬
rable 5 as the learned in Aftrologie well know.

2. This Cjeniture concurreth with the accidents of the
Native * which (together with the former ; or indeed with¬
out it) plainly demonftrate its to be the true Nativity of this
mighty Monarch. For inftance. — -(f) Being aged 17 years*
became to the Throne an & Dignity of his Aneefiors : then
,was his Horofcope dire$ed ad Sextilum Marti* j and He Lord
of the Angle of honour and Soveraignty 5 pofited in the e Ie-
venth Houfe (called of the Greeks JA>ae^,ua»v.) with notable
:fxed Stars , of the nature of Saturn , c Jllars, Jupiter ? and
fPemts z eminently j and ^ naturally ftgxnff mg the fame.

\ Secondly, being aged 22 years. He invaded the Territti*
■ ms of ^eopoldnsJgnams^ the Get mm Emperor, with a very

great

• (7°)

great Army , and was very victorious at the firft $ afid took
and deftrojed many Forts , Towns and Cafiles ; canie up (al-
moft)asHgk as Presburgy&cc. the Moon was now dire&ed
adSextilum Martis 5 which direction intimated (moft pro¬
perly) the greatnefs of that Martial , daring ACiion, and (to
be admired) undertaking of his. He had alfo at this time, the
benign Planet Jupiter , fortimafcing the places of the fiveHy -
Ufiiacals y a moft admirable tranfit, to augment the ef-
fells of fuch a direCtion. F or it a moft eminent truth , affec¬
ted by OriganttSy and Sir C. Heydon , That directions , do then
mo ft powerfully operate, or fhew themfelves, when TranfitSy
and other matters, concur.

*

. • ^ j* * * * . » , •

JVDIC IV M ASTROLO GlC*OM.

This is Co glorious and remarkable & Nativity, that at the
firft fight y it might eafily induce an able Artift , to believe
him born under it, Co mighty in Conquefts and Victories, that
he fhould feem rather a petty God , then a man. Chiefly, in
that all the Planets in the Scheam , are difpofed of, by the
two fufer inter coeleftial Movers, S aturn and Jupiter ; and they
in admirable reception of each other: Vis rarumquid! a
thing that among tenthoufandGenitures , is not to beToand.
As if the P erf on Co born, fhould endeavour & attempt , by power
and policy ,t o give to the Ww/e world-, and aim to joyn the
bead And tail of the 5 nake together, zfig. to make Nationsy
Terftms, and Opinions^ to truckle under his Greatnefs, and wil-
lingly fubmit unto his iron yoak. But this is only a reprefenta-
tiop through a optique glafs ; asanon I fhall prove 5 and
not by the C hrifti an world tobe dreaded. -

Howbeit, confident I am, there are a fort oC people in Eu -
tope, I, and in England too; whofe infatiate and ruinous de¬
fires are fuch, chat they had rather kjfs the Alcaron,znd cringe
to Mahomet , then fubmit unto thofe wholefome and uncorru¬
pted haws, and rational confiitutions eftablifhed among us 5
> which not only fupport a nobler and mor e heavenly Religion,
,and way of worjhip ; but dictate more worthy principles of
morality unto men , then any is to be found among fche Laws

and

-

, (7 0 ' , ,

a ndReligionSy of any other fort of people in the world. Bu t
this Obiter. ) - r . -J. v*. v»

Of\ partus y makethit an alone- Argument of greatnefs and
Soveraignty, CumVominus Afcendentis ajpexer.it SoUm be -
nigno ajpetfu, 8tc. when the Lord of the Afcendent beholds
theSwz with an aufpicious Ray, or Afpefr3^c. as in this
Nativity he doth.. Which if fo5 then furcly much more
mighty, pcwerfnl'i and great y muft he he , and much greater
honour, ought he to attain unto, that hath fo many iUuflrmis
T oft ions (as we have before remembred) to bear it company
in fignification and efFeft.

If a particular perjojn (hall be prefumed able to perform any
notable or to-he- admir edaaion , without the affiftance of any \
what may we fuppofe a whole Froop or Regiment of men, (hall
be capable of accornplijhing ? If jingle bullets, make great.
breachesy what may be performed by cafefhot.?

Hear the fame Author again— — U & Venus fkliciter cou •
jun&ifcelicibus in locis, 8tc* If the two fortunes (hall be aufpi«
cioufly joyned in happy places of the Figure , it makes the
Native honourable , eminenty and powerful. See. thefe two (<t is
true) are not in a corporal conjunhion ; (the one being in the
Horofcopey the other in the eleventh Houfe ) but are in
partil S extile : And the word (JonjunUion, Aftrologically is
underftood, an UN I T IN G, as well by beams as bodies %
ErgOy the Apborifm is, every way 'fully in force, in this O’ej

' niture. .

Ludovicus de Rtgiisy Aphor. 57. advifeth 11s, in every N a-
tivity where the Sun is in the Afcendent, to take efpecial no¬
tice of him's for the judgements of. the Sun are not to be for¬
gotten. Oger F errier , and Argol fay, Float the Sun in the AJ evi¬
dent gives honour , praife , efleem, credit, and advancement 9 fa¬
vour and rejpett with the great eft, See. Nero Cstfary Guftavus
Adolphus the great Swedijh Ring, See. had the Sun in their
Afcendent. Nay, thofe two great Captains of (Far, Leonardus
Fort enfony and Oliver Cromwel, had the Sun in the Afcendent
of their Nativities ! (with many others, of different qualities ,
that I could name) which gave them undeniable honours and
advancements \ as the world fufficiently can bear witmfs .

"A

C«4)

And to be plain , thefe Texts in A ft ro logic, are not any way
dijhovoured or leffened,by the adions of this mighty Monarch;
For, if we conlider his juvenility, with his great aSivity and
forwardnefs; and the mighty attempt he hath lately made upon
the Cbriftians( far beyond any of his Ar.ceft ors, either of equal
or greater years; nay, parallel almoll, unto that prodigious,
eminent , and daring Prince , Solyman the Great l Jit will rea¬
dily emerge , that Be hath been, and is, both eminent, mighty,
powerful, and fortunate, even to the admiration of the whole
world ; as well as to the great ajlonijhment indconfternation of

Europe: :

Come we now, from the general , to the particular Reafons , -

of his late eminent undertakings, viz.

1. His Nativity being fuppofed true, (as I dare be confi¬
dent it is j)— "He had pars fortune, dire&ed ad Sextilum
Veneris } and (he Governefs of the ninth, fourth, and fifth
parts of the Figure . (See Origanus, and Junfiine,zs alfo my
VoCtrine of Nativities of the effects of fuch a direction. It was
an eminent caufe of th efriendjhips and afiftances that He met
with, in his late great attempts ; and of thereadinefs of men
to fei ve him : and then, to declare his own refolution and
eagernefs, in the falling upon, and forwarding Co mighty and
daring matters, he had X* ad Sextilum tAMartis, by direftion
alfo ;%vhich direction added, not only vigor, but violence unto
him. Perhaps, an eminent Argument, He hath been the means j
of fo much bloodjhed ; for, Mars ejl Author belli. *

2. He had, not only thofe directions, to intimate fuccefs,
&c.untohim5 but his Revolution was that year alfo favoura¬
ble 5 as may be feen by the Figure thereof.

(73)

|

L at. 43.

2 k Tj.

Andj at the fame time, the Vianet Jupiter , the moftau-
fpidous Star (for influence) in the Heavens , was fortunating
byihh body^ and beams, all the Hylegiacals of this Geniture.
A moft admirable and glorious tranfit indeed !

From all which, I deduce this natural and legitimate con-
clufion— — —That, that perfon, who hath in his Nativity , both
Directions 9 Revolutions , and JranftSs at once to favour him $
he cannot but he at that time prodigioujly happy , in all his at~
tempts and undertakings ! r

Thus for we have considered the Melior ,_ or better part of
this Nativity, to avoid partiality [A quality I experimen¬
tally know, the Stars difdain ! ] Now, I come to take notice
lofthePfjflr, or worfer part thereof For, impoflible it is,

! that any Geniture csn be (b abfolutely happy , honourable , and
vittorioM, butmuft in fomefart, at Tome time or other, ad¬
roit of Some infelicity and abatement.

1 deny npt, but this Nativity is a moft excellent one indeed,

L and

and no lefs for eminency and illuftriottfnefj , then the Argu¬
ments before-mentioned, pronounce it. Howbeit, againft
thofe eminent general teftimonies of grandeur andhappinefs,
there lie thtiefeveral exceptions .

Origanm de effeCiib. Stellarum , makes [Fix* regia, prima
vel fecund* magnitudes , 8ec.] Kingly fixed Stars of the firflr
orfecond Magnitude, having no great Latitude from the
Ecliptique, and poffeffing the prime Angles of the Figure ,
(viz. the firft,or tenth,) to be a moil eminent Argument of
the duration of honour andgreatnffs. ——But, in this Nativity,
there is no {itch confirming F oft lion to be found; Ergo , the
honour and greatnefs of this mighty ^prince, may befubjeft to
an Eclipfe or Rttrogr adation. And the pofitive Fofitions in this
Geniture, that feenvvery well and cleerly to ftrengthen the
confequence of this Argument, and to ufher in the Cataftrophe
of this great Monarch's Honours, Victories, and Greatnejfes ,
See. are theft.

i. The Pofition of the fiery Vianet Mars, in the eleventh
Houft, the Angle of frie?idjhip , hopes and affiftance , and of the
good Spirit . Mars in undecima domo , extra domum vel regnum
fuum, dat nato inimicitias cum amicis , faith Franci ficus Jun -
minus, pag.97. If the Planet Mars m any Nativity (hall be
pofited in the eleventh Houfe, out of his own rj ffential Digni¬
ties, or in fuch place or part of the Zodiack, wherein he
hath no manner of Regency, he declares the Native to have
many enmities, bickerings, conflicts and contr over fits, with his
chief eft friends.

Much to the fam e furpofe, do Ferrier and 4 Argol fay, viz..
Mars in the eleventh , argues loft of friends ; perfidioufinefs
from them, enmity with them : And (oftentimes) the Native
by his noblenefs to them, and confidence in them, [which is
ftrangely cruel, barbarous and ungraceful ! ] (hall incur
mud y damage .

To have (JMars in the eleventh Houfe, was one pofition of
Nereas inf or lunacy ; [a Trine e that had in fome refpe&s the
fame arguments of grandeur , with this iUuftrious Native f\ as
may be feen in my ColleCi. Genit. pag. 4. And who was (at :
feis befeiended then He $ having, not only a

S estate

Senate , but a whole Empire, to bis Enemies ?

Who ever hath Saturn, Mars, or (auda Dr acorns in the
eleventh be unfortunate in, and receive infelicity from.
Friends. Frederick^ III. Kingof Venmar]^, had Mars in the
eleventh. Auguftus Eledor oi Saxony, had Mars in thee/e-
venth. Maximilian I. had CMars in the eleventh. Our lace
gracious Soveraign , King Charles \. had Cauda Draconts,

| (equivalent to Mars) in the eleventh : cum multis aliis,$cc.
j And who ever found the infidelity of Friends more certain,
j then any of att thefe ? Who more credulous of Friends, then
; any of thefe ? Who ever received lefs friendjhip and affiftance
(in times of extreamity) from friends, then thofe eminent
Princes and Potentates ? Nay, who more betrayed by pre-
| tended friends, then thefe fuffering Princes ?

The fame Author urgeth it, yet further ; In fortune

in undecima domo ft fuerint , &c. Significant paucitatem
amteorum & fociorum, & exiguitatem honi corum, pag. 93.

! And there is "no one will deny, but the angry Planet (Jtfars , is
I an infortune *, unlefs therewith, he undertake to deny all
jiftrologie. ■ "

j Johannes Uifpalenfis, cap. 17. (as quoted by Juntiinus)

j faith, - - Qualitatem amicorum cognofcimm fecundum natu -

ram Planet £ exifientis in domo undecima . (i. e.) The quality
' and cortdition of the Natives friends, is known, from the na-
| ture of the Planets exifting in the eleventh Houfe : - — - Nam
fifuerit Mars, indicat perfidos atq ; feroces , &c. And that this

? mighty Monarch, either in or before 1666. will Sufficiently
experience the truth of thefe Aphorifms, we have no reafin to

i doubt: of which more anon.

2. Nummos eft nervos belli. As Coin is the adjuvant caufe
j of courage, quarrels, and all warlike attionsy nay, as it is, in
- King Solomon's fence, that unum hoc, that one ffo^which an-
fwers all things ! I (hall confider in the next place, how this
\ Native is likely to be bleft, or ajftfted therewith.

Ail Aflrologers con Cent, — — That Saturns prefence in the
fecond of a Nativity , wafteth and deftroyetb an Eft ate *, con-
[j fumes and ficatter s the fubftajice of the Native , and leaves him
j void! at laft) of all help orfuccwtr — Non eft bonus Sol , Mars,

L 2 • ; ^ ' • neqi

neq*, Saturnw , in fecunda domo in aliqua Nativitate, nec indt
natttsbonum habebit •, quia Sol defiruit Planet as, &.aufert eis j
lumen: Et Mars e(i fignificator impedimentorum , & laborunt ,

& defefius fubftanti* 5 & Saturnus fignificat vacuitatem,pau^
fertatem , & indigent! am, Abenrag. Tent. cap. 12. p. 4, For
Saturn, Mars, or the Sun, to be pofited in the fecond Houfe
of a Nativity , is of no good purification ; neither fliould the
Native expeft good thence, if they are fo pofited. For the
Sun deftroys the vertue and power of the Planets, and deprives
them of their light. And Mars, he is the promoter of impede
ments and labours, and generally there, declares a defied or
want of fubftance. And Saturn there , declares emptinefs ,
poverty , and a lofs of trcafure. The learned Origanw,
pag. 623. concurred! herewith in judgement, when he
(ayes—-- & , aut Q,mali funt in fecunda.

And for Examples, I could produce a multitude , to make
thefe Aphorifms good : but it being unneceflary to prove
that, which by all Artifis isconfented unto, I pretermit it. It
refulteth therefore, that thisgm** Native , ( quoad cap ax') will
(after much detriment, and be mightily perplexed for, or by
reafon of, the want of moneys, and the neceflaries thereon
depending, &c. for the management of his moft important
affairs. Chiefly, thofe of War, or any way relating there¬
unto i becaufe the fignificator of his fubftance (being an /«-
fortune. ) cafts an angry Afpett to tJMars, the fignificator of
War: plainly portending thereby,- not only a want oU re a*
Jure and fubftance, but a dcftruftion and confumption of his
Exchequer, and what therein he doth enjoy and pojfefs , by unr
fortunate warlike attempts .

If then, thisgrcj* CMonarch, be (by the SWj in his Na¬
tivity) deftined to a want of moneys, and treafure, See. he
muft furely be negledted of Frictids; fall ftiort in his a ffi fiances 5
btfruftrate in his hopes and expectations ; and finally, be con¬
tent to fail in all his enterprizej ; and inftcad of obtaining an
abfolute vittery over all thofe that really are (or as he (hall ac¬
cidently make) his enemies \ be contented at length, to (heath
his fivord with lofs.

And whatever fonie men think, and believe of thisgr****

Potentate,

potent afe,andhh more then ordinary attempts, either out of
Prophecies, or common pr oh abilities, See. Thefe Aphorifms
from Kis own -Nativity, (though at prefenthe be vitiorious )
pronounce him fkbjeft to Timor's fate in Lucian, viz, ho¬
nour'd whilft his treafure remains ; fcom'd and contemn d as
abjett when exbaufted. Which that it will afluredly be, no
man that fees and underftands this his Geniture , will once fo

much as quejlion. »\

3. And if we fhall (in th elafl place) confider, that the
Lord of the twelfth is much ftronger then the Lord cf the As¬
cendent, or tenth 5 we may rationally judge, that his private ene¬
mies, his perplexities, forrows, griefs, and troubles , See . will be
more mighty, and powerful , then his Dig?iities , Honours, plea-
fur es, powers, and advantages , &c.

Nor will the Lord of the twelfth his being in th e Afcendent
(thougha Fortune) be of any lajhng felicity unto this illuihi-
out Native : I allow, Jupiter, qua Jupiter, in the Afcendent
fortunates any perfen that hath him fo pofited } but this is to
confider his fgnif cations in the beft fence : howbeit, Jupiter
as Lord of the twelfth , may be all out as mifehievous as either
Saturn or Mars . What advantage reapeth that man, who by
efcaping the Axe, is choaked with a feather, or grape- font T
Or, how is he befriended, that miffeth death by a thunder - bolt
from Heaveti, andmeeteth with it, in an JJycle here below ; as
the child in Martial? Every Planet performs his office with
relation to the Regiment of his Government. Thus fortunate
Planets may become infortunes 5 and thofe that per fe , are of
good and friendly fignification, may per accidens, be evil and:
malicious.-

Now, to fecond this 0 fit inn, o( the Lord of the twelfth in
the Afcendent , we fmde another, much more malefiquc 5 and
that is, the Pofition of the Lord of. the eighth in the Afcen¬
dent, which lArgol, and others fay, Denotes unto the Perjon-
then born, not only ire, fadnefs and trouble of minde, in not
bringing fuch matters he (hall deflgne to perfection } but that he

'fhall not be cf LON G L 1 F E..

This 1 am fure of, the great Station andTranft of the en¬
vious Planet Saturn , (this year,) upon his Luminaries , Pars

- ' ‘ ' fortune

(78)

fortune, and the H or of cope 5 together with the late Comets
apparition in Capricorn 5 will ftrike hard, not ohly Vt Jms Ho-
nourjy&C' but Lifts and in all probability will (hortly feal
the truth of this Aphonfm . Chiefly, in that this great Empe¬
ror , at this time, labours under the Medium Cceli ad d Mar -
tis» A direction of moft cruel tendency.

Another teftimony I obferve in this Nativity , which not
meanly confirms thefebefore-mentioned,and that is the Qua¬
drate afpett of Saturn and Mars : which Aftrologers tell us,
Portends great actions to the Native 5 but withal, it denotes
great adverfities and hindrances in his enterprizes 5 puffs him
up with vain cogitations and hopes , and fubjefts him to
delufiens. Argol. And it is very remarkable, that the <J>la-
nets thus fqnaiing, are the Lords of the tenth and Afcendent ,
as if the fignificators of his Honour and Perfon , (hould be per¬
petually {hiving for fuperiority and pre-eminence, as long as his
life (hould endure : and afliiredly> upon evil dire&iotis , (fuch
as M* C, ad d & before remembred) and other things exa&ly
concurring 5 the effects hereof will be feen to purpofe : So
that at length, this Potent Emperor will (I am afraid) be com¬
pelled by his own experience , to maintain Silenus Axiome-—
Optimum non nafei, autcito mori, So treacherous, and vio-
lent, is this mighty Prince his fate, like to prove 5 non obftante ,
what was remembred of better fignification, in the former
part of this Dif courfe.

It is the advice of Haly - 7{jfpice ad applicationem Lunt,

quia magna eft figniftcationU : That we (hould have regard
to the application of the Moon \ for (faith he) that is of great
import. The Moon in this Nativity is void of courfe. — At
ft Luna fuerit cur fus vacua, See, If the Aloon be void of
courfe, the Native will be unfortunate in divers things , and
(hall be compelled to partake of many infelicities , See .

All which Arguments, like fo many trumpets , agree in their
found and ftgnift cation, to declares poffibility, if not a grand
probability, of a Cataftrophe of the Honours and Soveraignty ,
of this great lurhjjh Monarch. - > :v H

Thus much for the general Conft derations of this Nativity,

I come in the next place, to fome particular brtff Obfer -
v nation s9

Here, the prudent Jfirologer may obferve, the Tables' ta
be turned ; (i, e.) a Revnlutional Figure dire&ly oppofite Q I
mean not to degrees) to that of the Radix 5 andth t angry
Planet Saturn^ (this great Princes friend at birth) is now be¬
come his enemy: And not only, by his being Lord of the
feventhybwt by his crueland tedious Tranfit and St at i on ^(be-
fore remembred) will he afflifr this mighty Monarchy ftil
much as the glorious'planet Jupiw^ befriended ^iwthelaft

year. .

The direction of Medium Cceli ad corpus Martu^ will have
mo ft furious and violent ejfeftsdt is now operating topurpofe.
This diredion in the prefent King of Denmark Nativity ,was
the Ajhohgical caufe, of his being invaded by the Swe iff?
King , in 1658V and once made a Prifoner to, wdby, CaroM
Guftavus *, and. of his being blocked up clofe? in his chietelt

( 79 )

various, viz* the direction now operating, and the Revolution

of the prefent year 1665. f <

(50

City, Copenhagen. A numberlefs number (almoft) of in-
fiances , could I produce of this kindej although not in il-
liifirious Nativities: but this one being fo remarkable, is
fufficient to ferve for all. — — If then fuch a direCiion do ope¬
rate to fo great & degree of mifchief, in a Geniture fo peace-.
’ • ' tf * — rt ' i ** . L*~- what *

ble, as is his illufirious Maftfty of J5enmark?s ; what ej fells
can we fupnole it (hall work^ in a Nativity that is violent ? as

fuppole

is the (Jeniture of this gnat Emperor of Turlfie

Befides this, on Vecemb. 2 6. S.V. 1665* the Sun will fuffer
a total (though invifible) Eclipfe,\n 16 deg. of Capricorn, viz.
neer th eoppofite Point , of three or four of the 'Hylegiacatj, in
thisgreat Monarchs Geniture . A11 Eclipfeof the Moon, 1648.
AW.i9.was/*ftf/(though I fay notalone)unto King Charles l.
of England. The O Eclipfed, Anno 1659. Novemb.^. was fatal
to the Kmgoi Sweden ; to the Princefs Royal, See.

But in this great Monarchs Nativity, ] here are not puly3( i)E-
cUpfe.Sythzt threaten danger,bnt( 2) direCionrfto wit, that of
M,C.adft> <$.~\ (jO^rajifits and Stations ; [thofe of the envious
Planet Saturni] (4) Revohttions , [that of the prefint year ;
whereih^as all th ePlanets were in the afeendingpart of Heaven
in the Radix , here, they arc all in the deft e?iding part , except
the Mfonywho is in the twelfth', aCojijunaion of Sol , Saturn
bnd'Menury \n theft xth ; a Conjunttion of Jupiter and Mars
inyheJeventlr,\nexaCf ogpofition to the Af ; endent, mak ing it the
more ominous and f at al^hndhRly, Comet s,[viz.th\s later, that
hath appeared in the Afcendent of this Emperors Nativity .]

All which concurring teftimonies , prefage unto him much
forrew and affliction, of divers kinds; troubles of mind, by reafon
of pub lique Sc private unhappinejf isftifeafes of the body, Sc thofe
lingering, truel, and hard to be endured', loft of honour and emw
nency', a K etrogradat ion of his prlftine fucceffes*, a violation of his
peace -and quiet ; a leffening of his Territories, con qu efts,
and victories ; treachery of his neerefi and dear eft friends, fer -
and Allyes ; the rife and advatsce oCEns enemies l And af¬
ter all thefcfii God of his wzercy do not anticipate the mftuences
of the Heavens, he fubmits(with great anxiety and grief ,J to
the grave ! [perhaps] by treachery . Thus much (half ferve for
the Nativity of this mighty Monarch.

‘ FINIS.

a

<s

■■a

J

>1

. -m

- • *f

X